COMMAND HISTORY USS CONSTELLATION (CVA-64)

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USS CONSTELLATION (CVA-64)
USS CONSTELLATION was commissioned in New York City October 27, 1961.
Vice Admiral Robert B. Pixie delivered the principal address, and Mrs. Christian
A. Herter, ship's sponsor, presented the officers and men with a traditional
commissioning plaque.
The ship commenced her final sea trials January 16, 1962 and returned to
New York January 18, having passed her acceptance trials with outstanding success.
She was now fully ready for sea.
On September 3 the ship arrived at the Panama Canal Zone where she was the
first large U.S..Navy ship to hold general visiting in 10 years. As a result,
52,000 people streamed aboard in a 3-day period, the largest mass of people
Canal Zone police could remember ever being in the area.
The ship had its first change-of-command ceremony on November 19, 1962, two
hours before departing on a 3-week Mid-Pao training cruise, when Captain S. W.
Vejtasa relieved Captain T. J. Walker.
The ship's first permanent Air Group--Carrier Air Group 14--came aboard
November 18, and after several training operations at sea in conjunction with the
Air Group and other ships, CONSTELLATION departed on her first Western Pacific
cruise February 21, 1963. She stopped at Pearl Harbor to undergo final training
maneuvers, and at midnight on March 17 officially became a unit of the U.S. SEVENTH
Fleet while enroute from Pearl Harbor to Subic Bay, Philippine Islands.
After a South China Sea operating period, the ship headed for the British
Crown Colony of Hong Kong, arriving there on April 10. uoNSTrai ATION remained
there for five daysthus giving her crew an excellent opportunity to see the
famous city. On April 15 the ship left Hong Kong and set its sights for Japan.
A special date in CONSTELLATION's history is July 25 when President and
Madame: Chiang Kai-Shek of the Republic of China came aboard for a one day visit.
They arrived via helicopter while the ship was off Taiwan and were accompanied
by VADM Thomas H. Moore4t,Commander U.S. SEVENTH Fleet.
August 28, the ship set a course for the United States, thus ending her first
Western Pacific cruise. After an absence of over six months, CONSTELLATION
turned to-San Diego on September 10, 1963.
The chip experienced its second change-of-command when on November 9, 1963,
Captain Frederic A. Bardshar relieved Captain Stanley W. Vejtasa as Commanding
Officer of CONSTELLATION.
The Honorable Paul Nitze, Secretary of the Navy, visited the CONSTELLATION
on December 17, 1963. The secretary's party included such high-ranking Naval
officers as Admiral U.S.G. Sharp, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet; Vice Admiral
P.D. Stroop, 9ommander Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet and Vice Admiral E.P.
Holmes, Commander U.S. FIRST Fleet.
During the first two months of 1964, CONSTELLATION conducted routine operations
off the coast of Southern California, operating out of San Diego.
CONSTELLATION departed San Diego on March 2, 1964 on her second Middle Pacific
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May 3, world famous evangelist, Billy Graham spoke to nearly 3,000 Navymen
and their families gathered on the flight deck of CONSTELLATION. Dr. Graham
delivered the Sunday morning sermon aboard the carrier during his 1964 Southern
California Crusade.
May 5, the ship departed San Diego on her second Western Pacific cruise.
Enroute, CONSTELLATION stopped at Pearl Harbor for her second annual Operational
Readiness Inspection.
The ship departed Hawaii on May 25 and officially became a unit of the U.S.
.SEVENTH Fleet on May 29 while enroute to the South China Sea.
CONSTELLATION arrived on station in the South China Sea off the coast of
South Vietnam on 6 June.
Aircraft from Attack Carrier Air Wing FOURTEEN embarked aboard CONSTELLATION
began low-level photo reconnaissance flights with armed escorts over the Plaine
des Jarres in Laos on 6 June, The operation was undertaken to support United
States commitments with the Royal Laotian Government. The flights were used to
check Communist troop movement over the Plaine des Jarres.
CONSTELLATION remained on station 37 days until 13 July. CONSTELLATION then
departed the South China Sea for Subic Bay, Philippines, arriving there on 15 July.
CONSTELLATION departed Subic Bay on 24 July and arrived at the British Crown
Colony, Hong Kong on 27 July. The ship departed Hong Kong on the morning of 4
August. The ship was at sea only a few hours on 4 August when she began to launch
aircraft for ptrikes on patrol boats then attacking American destroyers in the
Tonkin Gulf. On 5 August air strikes were conducted on the patrol boat bases in
Communist North Vietnam. This was a retaliatory move by the United States for
unprovoked attacks by North Vietnamese patrol boats on two U.S. destroyers in
international waters in the Gulf of Tonkin,
During the ship's second stay in the South China Sea, on 18 September her
aircraft again went to the defense of a U.S. destroyer under attack by an un-
identified vessel in heavy fog in international waters in the Gulf of Tonkin.
Relieved on 21 September, CONSTELLATION departed for Subic Bay, Philippines,
arriving that same night.
After the second visit to Subic Bay, the ship departed on 8 October and
steamed for the port of Hong Kong. CONSTELLATION arrived in Hong Kong on 14
October after being delayed enroute by typhoon Dot. The ship departed Hong Kong
after a six-day visit on 21 October and returned to Subic Bay on 23 October.
After four days in Subic Bay, CONSTELLATION departed on 27 October and returned to
duty in the South China Sea.
The ship remained on station 27 days until 23 November,. CONSTELLATION
returned to Hong Kong for a brief visit from 23-26 November.
On 27 November, the ship had its fourth change-of-command as Captain George
H. Mahler III relieved Captain Frederic A. Bardshar as Commanding Officer of
CONSTELLATION. On this date, crewmembers who took part in the Gulf of Tonkin.
operation were awarded the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon and the Armed Forces
Expeditionary Medal; "For exceptionally meritorious service in support of
operations in the Gulf of Tonkin during the period 2-5 August 1964.
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CONSTELLATION demonstrated, the firm intent of : the. United. States. to maintain
freedom, of the seas and to. take all: necessary measures _in defense,of ,peace in
The ship returned to Yokosuka, Japan, for the last time on 15 January. After
five days in port, the ship left Yokosuka for the United States on January 20.
The ship arrived at San Diego, Californp:, on.1 February 1965, after almost, nine
months in the Far East with the U.S. SEVENTH Fleet.
CONSTELLATION departed San Diego on 23.March 1965-for Bremerton,. Washington,
and an eight-month overhaul and yard period. While enroute the ship steamed its
200,0001 mile since commissioning.` After unloading ammunition in Bangor, Wash-
ington, CONSTELLATION steamed for Bremerton.
CONSTELLATION arrived in Bremerton on.31 March and began.heryard period.
She entered the world's largest dry dock, Dry Dock 6 in the Puget Sound Naval
Shipyard, on 14 May.
Her overhaul completed, CONSTELLATION left Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on
29 November and sailed up Puget Sound to Bangor Naval Ammunition Depot. As a
result of her $19 million overhaul, the ship was newly outfitted with a number of
computerized systems, including an Automatic Landing System, an Inertial Navigation
System, an Integrated Operational Intelligence System, and a Naval Tactical Data
System, making her the most modern warship afloat, as well as the largest warship.
After loading ammunition, CONSTELLATION departed Bangor on 3 December; she
arrived in San Diego on 6 December to begin refresher and underway training to
return her to her former level of fighting proficiency.
The ship's fifth change of command took place in San Diego on 29 January,
1966, when Captain William D. Houser relieved Captain George"H.. Mahler III as
Commanding Officer.
Her underway training completed, CONSTELLATION left her home port of San
Diego on 12 May 1966 and sailed to join the U.S. SEVENTH Fleet in the Western
Pacific.
CONSTELLATION arrived in Hawaii on 17 May, completed her Operational
Readiness Inspection, and departed for Yokosuka, Japan on 22 May. Arriving
in Yokosuka on 1Jux, CONSTELLATION became the flagship of Task Force 77
with Rear Admiral James R. Reedy embarked. On 7 June CONSTELLATION departed
Yokosuka to begin operating in the South China Sea area.
CONSTELLATION and her embarked Air Wing, Carrier Air Wing FIFTEEN, arrived
off the coast of Vietnam on June 15 to conduct combat operations against the
Viet Cong and military targets in North Vietnam as a unit of the U.S. SEVENTH
Fleet and,'lagehip for Commander Attack Carrier Striking Force, U.S. SEVENTH
Fleet.
During CONSTELLATION's tour of duty off Vietnam from 15 June to 9 November,
theoarrier sunk 22 North Vietnamese PT boats and damaged 13 others, destroyed
75 fridges, demolished 272 supply vehicles and damaged 337 others, destroyed 304
barges and damaged 513 others to help stem the flow of military supplies between
Communist North Vietnam and the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese units in South
Vietnam.
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CONSTELLATION aircraft conducted daily air strikes against heavily defended
North Vietnamese transportation and supply areas. Connie pilots flew major
attacks against the Do Son, Dong Nham and Haiphong petroleum storage areas; the
Uong Bi thermal power plant, and the Ninh Binh and Thanh Hoa transhipment and
storage areas.
During CONSTELLATION's air strike operations "on the line" she was visited
by the Honorable Paul Nitze, Secretary of the Navy; Admiral David L. McDonald,
Chief of Naval Operations; the Honorable Chester Bowles, Ambassador to India,
and entertainers John Gavin, Arthur Godfrey and Martha Raye.
On 9 November CONSTELLATION set sail for home, via Yokosuka, Japan, arriving
in San Diego on 3 December.
On 9 December, Captain John C. Thomas relieved Captain William D. Houser
as Commanding Officer.
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USS CONSTELLATION. The Old and the New
By
CDR F. Gwyn, USNR-R
On Navy Day, 27 October 1961, the oldest and the newest commissioned ship in
the United States Navy joined under a historic name. The first CONSTELLATION,
built 1795-1798 in Baltimore, is the frigate that performed nearly 160 years of
service before being decommissioned for the last time and returned to Baltimore
in 1955. The attack aircraft carrier CONSTELLATION (CVA-64) completed in spite
of a disastrous fire aboard, was built 1957-1961 at the New York (Brooklyn)
Naval Shipyard, which celebrated its 160 years of service to the United States
Fleet in 1961.
II
As an attack carrier, CONSTELLATION is , of course, a mobile base for about
100 planes of varied capabilities and missions. With over a thousand foot
angled deck and four deck-edge elevators, the ship can handle the latest and most
complex flight operations. Although CONSTELLATION is similar to the other members
of her class, (FORRESTAL, SARATOGA, RANGER, INDEPENDENCE, and KITTY HAWK), her
four steam catapults generate new maximum power for launching heavy planes, and
her main propulsion plant, according to shipyard opinion, is "The most-dependable
and successful plant of any ship in its class."
The anti-aircraft system in CONSTELLATION is the first completely integrated
Terrier Missile installation on a carrier, with four fire-control units and two
dual launchers. The supersonic Terrier is a "Guided missile designed to intercept
aircraft under all weather conditions at longer ranges and higher altitudes than
conventional weapons." The CONSTELLATION's Terrier equipment will select and set
up a missile in a few seconds, launch it, and then control its flight accurately.
The impressive size and power of the ship may be noted by contrasting
demensions with the sailing frigate of a century and a half ago, the first of the
half-dozen ships built for the new Navy of the new republic. With a flight deck
of some four acres, the carrier could theoretically set some two dozen of the
frigates on the take-off and landing areas, and with a standard displacement of
about 79,000 tons, sh- could hold between three and four dozen copies of the older
ship. Where the decks on CONSTELLATION I numbered four and the compartments
twenty-odd, CONSTELLATION II has seventeen decks and the complement of officers
and men on the carrier is about 12 times that of the frigate. The modern ship
generates over 200,000 hoursepower and will make speeds over 30 knots, where as
the sailing ship, known as a fast clipper in her day, made 126 knots maximum.
Although the history to date of any ship being commissioned must be brief,
that of the second CONSTELLATION is unusual. Built under three commanders of
the Brooklyn Yard -- Rear Admirals L.A. Kniskern, S.N. Pyne, and E.C. Holtzworth -
the carrier took a little over five years to complete, from its order in July
1956. In September 1957, Rear Admiral A.G. Mumma, Chief of the Navy's Bureau of
Ships, marked the keel record plate, saw it welded in, and pronounced the tradit-
ional words, "The keel has been well and truly laid." With Lieutenant Merwin
Sacrob of the Production Department as the first of six superintendents,
CONSTELLATION was built in Drydock No. 5 in the next three years.
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The launching took place in October 1960, when the ship was christened by Mrs.
Christian A. Herter, wife of the Secretary of State.
On 19 December 1960, when the carrier was about 85% completed, fire broke out
and burned for sixteen hours. Fifty shipyard workers lost their lives in what
the Chief of the Bureau of Ships called, "The worst naval shipyard fire on record."
Despite safety inspections, firefighting facilities, and outstanding performance
by City and Yard personnel, the blaze, which started from an accidental puncture
of a temporary fuel tank on the hanger deck, damaged most of the gallery deck and
part of the hanger deck.
Returned to drydock, CONSTELLATION was cleared and repaired. The last plate
on the flight deck was welded into place in June 1961, and in August, after the
ship was refloated and berthed, a thousand officers and men of the crew moved
aboard. With the yard once again meeting a deadline, CONSTELLATION II was
commissioned on 27 October 1961.
Although CONSTELLATION I is not as well known as her contemporary CONSTITUTION,
she holds more titles than "Old Ironsides.'" For one thing, CONSTELLATION is the
first ship of the United States Navy, having been launched over six months before
the Navy Department itself came into being. For another, CONSTELLATION is entitled
to be called, "except for Nelson's VICTORY, the oldest warship afloat."
CONSTELLATION's capture of a French ship in 1799 was the first major naval victory
of the new United States, and she is the only naval vessel remaining of those that
took part in the Civil War, although her part was not distinguished. It is
further interesting to note that when the two frigates made separate around-the-
world voyages in the 1840's, CONSTELLATION logged 58,000 miles 'In 492 days at sea
to CONSTITUTION's 52,279 miles in 495 days. All in all, CONSTELLATION was placed
in commission, as frigate and as sloop-of-war, some 21 times, even seeing duty in
World War II when CONSTITUTION had closed her sea days 60 years before.
Unlike the names of the country's first frigates -- CONSTITUTION, UNITED STATES,
PRESIDENT, CONGRESS, and CHESAPEAKE -- that of CONSTELLATION needs some explanation
in the twentieth century. It refers to a national symbol no longer visible but of
central importance -- the circle of stars in the original American flag. "Resolv-
ed," stated the Continental Congress in 1777, "that the flag of the United States
be 13 stripes alternate red and white; that the Union be 13 stars, white in a blue
field, representing a new constellation." All the frigate names except CHESAPEAKE
were suggested by a short-term Secretary of War but selected by President George
Washington, who simply chose the first five names on the Secretary's list.
Washington's selection probably gave rise to the rumor reported by Franklin D.
Roosevelt when Secretary of the Navy, that CONSTELLATION's name was for the
CONSTELLATION of stars in the flag, and as expressed by many, for the stars in
Washington's crest. In the ship's original decoration, which was elaborate, the
female figurehead of Nature had the sign of the Zodiac around her waist and "the
constellation" on a sphere supporting her arm.
From,the beginning, CONSTELLATION was an impressive ship. The launch was per-
fectly executed, according to her builder, her captain, and other observers.
"Nothing (wrote one observer) could surpass the proud and stately movements of the
ship -- she seemed conscious of the occasion, and passed on to the embrace of her
destined element, with an air of dignity and grandeur inconceivable."
Once underway, CONSTELLATION's Chesapeake clipper lines helped make her a re-
putation for speed. "In fact, her speed, especially to windward, was so great that
she was often referred to as the "Baltimore Race Horse." (Another tradition has it
that the French called her the "Yankee Race Horse.") She was, furthermore, a tight
and stable ship, "an excellent sailer, particularly in heavy weather." Perhaps the
most moving tribute came from a young man, E.C. Wines who cruised in CONSTELLATION
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"She is among the oldest vessels in our Navy, and is one of those happy first
productions never afterwards surpassed. In the beauty of her hull,.she is un-
equalled by anything I have ever seen afloat. The easy swell and curvature of her
sides, and the general harmony of the proportions are inimitable."
The record of the frigate includes service in five different wars, six combat
engagements, and two significant diplomatic actions. Her first battle, in the
undeclared war with France (1798-1801), was the most glorious. In February 1799,
under Captain Thomas Truxtun, CONSTELLATION (38 guns) overtook the frigate
INSURGENTE (40 guns) "reputed the fastest ship in the French Navy and the world,"
and in a battle in West Indies waters, defeated and captured her. There were only
a half-dozen sailors killed/wounded in Truxtun'a crew of about 300, compared to
the Frenchman's 70 casualties in a crew of about 400. The speed and firepower of
the new American frigate had combined with the seamanship and gunnery of the crew to
make our first major naval victory as a federal nation.
"...I must declare (wrote Captain Truxtun) that it is impossible for officers and
men in any service to behave better, than my people generally did on this occasion..."
(One should also note, however, that during the chase, the INSURGENTE had lost her
main topmast in a sudden squall.) Truxtun, his ship, and his crew became national
idols, praised in celebrations, songs, and paintings, and the officers and men were
awarded $84,500 prize money for the INSURGENTE.
About a year later, Captain Truxtun and CONSTELLATION chased and engaged a large
French frigate, the VENGEANCE, and won a long gun battle, though not capturing the
vessel. With over 50 guns opposing his 38, and with crews equal at about 300,
Truxtun's casualties were about 40 to the Frenchman's possible 100. According to
an American visitor later, the French Capatin (who exaggerated elsewhere) "des-
cribed in raptures the vivid fire from the CONSTELLATION as superior to anything
he had ever seen; in his own words were "Superbe et Grande."
The Quasi-War with France did not last long, yet in it the frigate CONSTELLATION,
under Truytun, had won the two major engagements, established a reputation for speed
and superior gunnery, and stablized the combat tradition of the new United States
Navy.
The next step was taken in 1802, when CONSTELLATION fulfilled the function her
class had actually been laid down for -- fighting the pirates of the Barbary states
(Morocco, Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli). Beginning ignominiously as the ship ordered
to deliver a tribute of jeweled guns for the Bay of Tunis, CONSTELLATION later, under
Captain Alexander Murray, attacked Tripolitan gunboats and army units on shore
during the American blockade. More colorfully, in 1815, CONSTELLATION was the first
of four ships in Stephan Decatur's squadron that fought and took the MASHOUDA (46 guns)J
flagship of an Algerian ;orsair, and her crew of 400.
In the War of 1812, CONSTELLATION was ingloriously blockaded in Chesapeake Bay,
yet, true to the Truxtun tradition, she "had her men well trained at the guns and
at target practice..." as Theodore Roosevelt noted in his history of the war. This
practice paid off in 1813 when the ship's crew of 150 manned a battery on an island
and drove off a landing party of 700 British, killing or capturing about 90 of them.
As Commodore Stephan Cassin said, "The officers of the CONSTELLATION fired their 18
pounders more like rifle-men than artillerists. I never saw such shooting."
After the battle with MASHOUDA in Algiers in 1815, the frigate went on to a number
of cruises and patrols, protecting American interests in the Mediterranean, on both
coasts of South America, in Florida, and finally in China. In 1842, under Commodore
Lawrence Kearny, the old frigate transited the Indian Ocean to Macao, Canton and
Hong Kong, where Kearny's diplomacy won the United States new rights to commerce
equal to those of the British. The Commodore continued his diplomatic career in
Hawaii on the return voyage when, arriving opportunely, he skillfully prevented
King Kamehameha III from turning over the islands to the British.
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For most of the Civil War, CONSTELLATION was on Mediterranean patrol against
Confederate shipping. Late in the war, she received orders to Admiral Farragutes
Gulf blockade, but they were cancelled on her arrival at New Orleans because of
expiring enlistments. From 1865 to 1926, the famous frigate was in and out of
commission, being used as a receiving or training ship in the Navy Yards at Norfolk,
Philadelphia, and Newport, and making a dozen cruises with Naval Academy Mid-
shipmen in the 1870's - 1890's. Her special duties in this last period included
acting as a supply ship to the Mediterranean station and to Ireland during a
famine, and transporting exhibit,ons over the Atlantic for the Paris and Columbian
expositions. In 1914 and 1926,thie old CONSTELLATION participated in patroitic
celebrations in Baltimore and Pniidelphia.
CONSTELLATION's last commissioned duty was during the ship shortage in World
War II, when-President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a naval antiquarian who had written
an a chitectural sketch of the ship in 1918, revived her as flagship of the Atlantic
Fled, still afloat if not underway. For a decade after the war, the frigate rotted
in ston for lack of rehabilitation funds, until in 1955 a group of Baltimore
dev ees got her returned to her building port, where she is being restored as
a c is and national monument. The CONSTELLATION Restoration Committee, which
has~+apent $180,000, needs another $200,000 to complete the job.
One of the most appealing aspects of the old CONSTELLATION is the way in which
she today maintains her identity despite frequent rebuilding over a century and
a h6lf. Built as a frigate of about 164 feet and 38 guns, she was rebuilt in
1854 into a sloop-of-war (or corvette) 14 feet longer and with 22 guns. Differences
in dimension and desiLn between the two versions have led some historians to assert
that the old frigate was actually broken up and a newship built about this time,
a Smithsonian authority seeing the process as a Navy rush to get a new vessel
without Congressional authorization. Historians and naval architects concerned
with the Baltimore restoration, however,,have presented evidence that "the ship
today has essentially the same structure and shape of the 1797 frigate below the
gun deck..." Quoting but not depending on Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1918 con-
clusion that "some 37 per cent of the CONSTELLATION remains...", the Baltimore
group demonstrates that the original builder departed from the well known plans
for the first class of frigates, following his own design, which corresponds to
the structure of the present ships. Furthermore, the shipyard now restoring
CONSTELLATION came across a copper bolt stamped 1777 in one of the frames, and
the date of 1832 inside the mizzen topmast.
When Josepnus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy in 1918, received Roosevelt's
memorandum about CONSTELLATION, he wrote back. "Now that you have made your
point and made everyone in construction mad at you, do you want the ship on the
Hudson for a Christmas present?" Four decades later, one hopes that the point
of CONSTELLATION's identity is settled, that it upsets no one, and that the old
frigate is back in home port forever.
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INTEGRATED OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM
In an era where speed and extreme accuracy are vital to military intelligence
operations, the procedure of going to a file drawer and thumbing through a wide
variety of publications to obtain the desired information - typing extracts from
it and presenting these to a user activity is as outmoded as the smoothbore cannon.
The Integrated Operational Intelligence System (IOIS) was developed to meet
the, need for speed, flexibilty, accuracy and above all, rapid retrieval of
stored intelligence data.
The complete system is comprised of the RA-5C Reconnaissance-attack Weapons
System and an Integrated Operational Intelligence Center (IOIC), installed
aboard an aircraft carrier for mobility, or at a shore base. This integrated
intelligence system is designed to provide a tactical commander with a full
background of information on a target area. An exclusive feature of the IOIS
is the speed with which newly gathered data can be returned to the intelligence
center, processed, and presented for the commander's utilization.
Another important feature of the system is the capability of gathering
reconnaisance data day or night and in all kinds of weather. Frame or
panoramic cameras, side looking radar and passive electronics countermeasure
equipment provide a wide range of collection capabilities., The system can
employ various combinations of sensors as dictated by major requirements.
The Integrated Operational Intelligence Center will also handle intelligence
data.collected by other reconnaisance aircraft and is used to store, retrieve
and utilize information received from other agencies having intelligence functions.
This reconnaisance system is matched to an aircraft whose performance
enables it to.conduct long-range carrier or land-based operations involving high
altitude supersonic or low altitude high speed penetrations.
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NAVAL TACTICAL DATA SYSTEM (NTDS)
Of all the new equipment on CONSTELLATION, the most modern and complete is
the Naval Tactical Data System, a data processing and communications system
that evaluates enemy threats and recommends counter-moves to shipboard
commanders in millionths of a second. This multi-unit computer system enables
Navy ships to exchange Information at fantastic speeds. With its aid, an
entire Naval Task Force can bt coordinated almost to the point of operating
as one ship. According to the office of the Chief of Naval Operations, under
whose overall guidence the system was developed, NTDS will expand the effec-
tive scope of instant command decision function to ocean-wide dimensions.
N2DS was evolved to meet the demands of modern warfare, in which air-
craft and missiles may approach a task force at speeds of thousands of miles
an hour. It anticipates simultaneous attacks on fleet units from several
quarters at several altitudes, in numbers that would saturate the plots with
grease pencil transparencies now in use in Combat Information Centers. The
system works at fantastic speeds. Uncorrelated information coming from a
variety of sources goes into data processing equipment located on board.
ere, such functions as detection, location, tracking, speed, identity and
site of friendly and enemy contacts are worked out in transistorized com-
fiuters that form the "brain" of the system. The "answers" are displayed
automatically on scopes installed in the Combat Information Center where
command and operating personnel monitor the tactical situation and issue
the required commands. The di.:,play of such in.!,'orrnation mikes it readily
possible for key personnel to comprehend quickly the immediate situation,
thus permitting a concentration of judgement for effective weapon assign-
ment to threats against the ship. More than this, computer installations
within the task force, interconnected-by means of radio equipment employing
advanced communications techniques, will exchange tactical information at
high speeds. Asr.;a.,.result, the task force commander, as welLL as inu.Lv.iaual
unit commanders, will be provided with a complete overall tactical picture
of the task force situation as well as the picture available for local
information sources. The system can incorporate all anti-war weapons now
in use or under development by the Navy.
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AIRCRAFT FLOWN FROM USS CONSTELLATION
AkC SKYHAWK
,The Douglas Aircraft SKYHAWK is the smallest carrier-based jet operational
in the Navy. Its single Curtis Wright J-65 turbo-jet engine can develop over
7,000 pounds of thrust with speeds in excess of 500 mph. The attack aircraft is
armed with two 20 MM cannons and is capable of carrying multiple bombs, rockets,
nuclear weapons and guided missiles. It has a wing span of 27 feet with a 40-foot
fuselage and can be used as a buddy tanker for in-flight refueling of other aircraft.
AB PHANTOM
The world's fastest jet fighter, the McDonnell Aircraft F4B PHANTOM II can
travel at better than twice the speed of sound. It is also the highest-flying and
longest-ranging U. S. Navy fighter. It has registered altitudes above 100,000
feet. Its mission is interception and destruction of enemy aircraft, and it can
be armed with Sidewinder or Sparrow III air-to-air missiles for that purpose.
It is Also capable of attack and tanker operation's. Powered by two General Elec-
tric J-79 afterburning engines, each developing more than 16,000 pounds of thrust,
it can fly on one engine if the need arises. The Phantom's two-man crew consists of
a pilot and a radar intercept officer. It is equipped with detection and tracking
systems which make it capable of destroying supersonic as well as subsonic enemy
aircraft by day or night and in any weather.
12A HAWKEYE
The Grumman Aircraft HAWKEYE is a twin turbo-prop powered aircraft which
is used as an Early'Warning type aircraft against hostile aircraft approaching
land bases or task force groups. It is powered, by two Allison T56-A-8 turbo-
prop engines. The most distinguishing feature of the aircraft is a 24-foot roto-
dome which rotates, and houses radar and IFF antennas, and is automatically re-
tractedwhen the wings of the plane are folded. Overall wing span is 881 feet, total
bagic weight of the aircraft is 36,000 pounds. The plane has a five-man crew.
RAC VIGILANTE
The North American Aviation VIGILANTE is a twin-engine reconnaissance/
attack aircraft designed for carrier-based or land based operation. It is
capable of all-weather, high or low altitude, tactical reconnaissance and delivery
of special and conventional weapons. Its primary mission is tactical reconnai-
ssance. The aircraft and its systems comprise one-half of the U. S. Navy In-
tegrated Operational Intelligence' System (IOIS), and its counterpart is the ship
or ground based Integrated Operational Intelligence Center (IOIC). Its overall
weight is X9,000 pounds with a wing span of 53 feet, a length of 76 feet and a
height of 16 feet. It'has a two man crew.
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A6A INTRUDER
The Grumman Aircraft INTRUDER is a two-man, sub-sonic, all weather
attack aircraft. It is equipped with an integrated attack-navigation system,
wh$ch, when coupled with its 7f ton payload capacity, enables it to deliver
a wide assortment of weapons. It is powered by two Pratt-Whitney J52-P-6
axial flow-turbo jet engines, which develop approximately $,000 pounds of
thrust each. Overall dimensions are; wing span 53 feet, height 16 feet.
A3B SKYWARRIOR
The Douglas Aircraft SKYWARRIOR is the Navy's largest carrier-based air-
crafto It is a three-man, twin-engine jet bomber capable of high-altitude or
low level bombing' mine-laying, and photo reconnaissance. It can carry the
largest conventional bombs as well as nuclear weapons. It is 74 feet long with
a wing span of 72.feet. The aircraft, fully loaded, weighs about 70,000 pounds,
yet its two Pratt-Whitney J-57 turbo-jet engines can develop a total of 22,000
horsepower and produce speeds in excess of 500 mph.
CIA TRADER
The Grumman TRADER is a two-engine plane whose primary mission is the
transport of supplies and personnel. In addition to a pilot and co-pilot, the
TRADER can also carry nine passengers or 3,500 pounds of cargo. The plane is
42 feet long, has a wing span of 64 feet, and its reciprocating engines can pro-
duce cruising speeds of about 200 mph.
UH-2A SEASPRITE
The Kaman Aircraft SEASPRITE is the first turbine-powered utility helicopter
to be used by the Navy and is used for plane guard, search and rescue, personnel
and mail transfer, radar calibration and the transporting of cargo. It has a top
speed of 167 mph and a hovering ceiling of 14,500 feet. It is the first Navy
utility helicopter with retractable main landing gear and has a flotation hull for
emergency landing on water.
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Captain Charles H. Lindberg
United States Navy
USS CONSTELLATION (CVA-64)
Captain Lindberg assumed duty
as Constellation's Executive officer
on June 7, 1966 in Yokosuka, Japan.
He reported to Constellation as Nav-
igator in January, 1966 after serving
on the staff of Commander Naval Air
Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, at North
Island, San Diego, from April 1965.
Captain Lindberg was born July
11, 1922 in Independence, Iowa. He is
a graduate of Valparaiso University,
Valparaiso, Indiana. He entered the
Navy in October 1942 as a student in
the V-1 and. V-5 programs. In September
1943 he began preflight training as
a Naval Aviation Cadet.
On June 15, 1945, Captain Lind-
berg was commissioned Ensign and de-
signated a Naval Aviator, Following
a short tour of duty at Naval Air Sta-
tion, Ft. Lauderdale, he served with
Bombing Squadron 18. These assignments
were followed by tours of duty at Naval
Air Station, Glenview, Ill., and with
carrier attack squadrons 1OA and 95 at
Naval Air Auxiliary Station, Charlestown,
Rhode Island.
Captain Lindberg served with
Composite Squadron 33 from September
1950 to July 1954. For the next two years he served at Naval Air Testing Center,
Patuxent River, Maryland, as a test pilot on projects. The Naval Post Graduate
School, Monterey, was Captain Lindberg's next assignment, where he was a student
in the General Line course.
In June 1957 Captain Lindberg was assigned to Heavy Attack Squadron (VAH) 8 as
an A-3D pilot. He served with the unit until April 1959 making tours of the Western
Pacific on the USS Midway. Next, he served as Director of Training with VAH?123.
In July 1961 he was assigned to Air Development Squadron 5 at China Lake, California,
serving as Project Director and Executive Officer. Following refresher training on
the A-3 with VAH-123 at Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island, Washington, in January
and February 1964, he assumed command of VAH-8 aboard the USS Coral Sea.
Captain Lindberg is married to the former Norma Koschmann of Milwaukee. They
and their five children, Susan, Charlotte, Carl, Mark and Sonja, make their home in
Coronado, California. He is the son of Mrs. Effie R. Lindberg of Valparaiso, Indiana-
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NAVIGATOR'S BRIDGE
FLAG BRIDGE
HANGAR BAY No-2
07? the ship in which the space is
CREWS Mt55IIV6 located is indicated by the last
WATER LINE digit: even numbers to port; odd
numbers to starboard. The letter
indicates the use. of the space.
rom
numbers
S COUN
OFFICER
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CREW
HANGAR BAY No.l CREWS BERTHING 245). There are about 4 feet be-
HANGAR DECK tween each bulkhead. The side of
HOW TO GET THERE
FLIGHT DECK
TRY FLAG COUNTRY OFFICER'S COUNTRY WARDROOM No.l
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All spaces on CONSTELLATION have
a four group number and letter
designation to assist in locating
them. The deck is indicated by
one or two numbers preceding the
first dash. Decks have decreasing
numbers from the bottom of the
ship (8-7-6, etc.) to hangar deck
(1) where
they are then preceded
by an "0"
and increase (01, 02,
etc.) to the highest level
03
,
(011). The center group of num-
bers
indicates the
bulkheads
(walls)
and they have
increasing
bow to
f
stern (1 to
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FACTS OF T EREST ABOUT THE USS CONSTELLATION (CVA-64)
1. COMPARATIVE SIZE
CONST971ATION is the sixth and largest conventionally powered aircraft carrier
to join the fleet. The first five in chronological order are: FORRESTAL, SARATOGA,
RANGER, INDEPENDENCE, and KITTY HAWL,
CONSTELLATION is wide enough to sit both the SS UNITED STATES t nd: the SS
ARXCA aide by side on her deck; or as wide as a World War I type destroyer was
long.
2. STRUCTURAL
CONSTELLATION is 1,072 feet, 7 inches long, with a maximum extreme width at
the flight deck of 273 feet, 5 inches, and a height from keel to flight deck of
97 feet. The full load displacement is approximately 84,000 tons. The propulsion
plant will develop over 250,000 shaft horsepower, giving the ship a speed of more
than 30-knots. Evaporator plants will produce approximately 300,000 gallons of
fresh water a day, and the electric plant will handle a total electric load of
almost 3 million watts.
The flight deck is approximately 4.1 acres in area. The two-acre area for parking
and repairing aircraft is the main (hangar) deck. Four-deck-edge elevators are
installed for handling aircraft between the flight deck and hangar deck. Each
has a lift capacity of 99,000 pounds. There are four steam catapults for launching
aircraft, and 28 aircraft fueling stations distributed on the main and flight decks.
The ship. aaas two escalators, which travel at a speed of 90 feet per minute, to
carry pilots dressed in flight gear from the ready rooms below deck to a flight
deck position where they board their planes.
CONSTEU ATXON?a length is such that if she were turned on and she would reicch
20 feet from the top of the world's tallest tower -- Tokyo tower, 1,092 feet high.
Total number of compartmentaae 3,007
Crew spacesoo..oo0.ool50
Access trunks .......0142
Magaziresoooee.eaO.,.120
Tanks and voids ...... 892
Hospital and other related facilities
Machinery and Control.....57
Storerooms...o,.o.000.000ol54
Wiringo0o00000.0.0..00.0.016
Hospital, modern operating r~om....0oooo.eo.ooo0000000 ..........86 beds
Diet ~panntrey.00000eoooooaeoooo00oooooaeooeaooo000000o0000oooooe000.1
Sick ~ayo.om..ooeoeooooo00..ooooeo00oooooeao..oooooao.aeooooeoooe.2
Audiometric rooo,,ooaamoaoaoeaoa000000000.00000000,0000000000000oel
Bacteriological lahorstoryeeooeoo.oeooeaoooo.oooooseooo.e0000000 01
$E~ye q,P Venear , none and throat treatment room. o a o 0 0 0 o e o 0 0 0 0 o e e e o 0 0 0 0 0 0 01
4harma cy O m 0 0 0 e 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O O O e O .. a O O. O. o O O a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a 0 O 0.0 0 0 0 ee1
Battle dressing 3tations,.00.oooeoaooooe..oee.ooaos.oooooeoooo.eoo?
Decontamination stations,.,005000000eoo....,00000000000000000000004
Firat-aid boxese.o..eoo.o.ee0.oo.00000.0ea?a.00a00000090000oooso220
Dental office000000000000ea..o.oaeaoooaaa.seas.a.ooooaooaao amoeeo4 chairs
Physiotherapy treatment room...oe..es..oeo.eoo.s?500000oooio.000001
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The vessel has two hospital warde to accomodate 86 patients. It is provided
with complete medical services and fact' ties for first-aid, outpatient, embula ?y
and operation cases, The feeding, treatment and transfer of patients from one area
to another are developed with the latdit facilities for efficient operation.
.-Radio tubesoooeeeo...o...esoaaeoo.e..eseo.ooeso~eseesoeo30,000
Telephones (Sound' pd, 123 circuits).......eoa.erm.e.,876
(Di.a1-)oe.o.,a....e.elYe.o...oa..a.a...so.oa?o...750
ElectrioaiCjH}~rp$yoeoaamo.atl6iimmmeeooosemeeeoeooooo024,750
Radio deceivers,.oeees..seeees,srs.evemoes.e.oooeseoeooe.e.82
Individual transmitters ,.....ree ...........................37
Laundry.oe....e..o..o..eao.ee.oo....e....e.o.e.o.eoe..eeeeo.1
Shoe repair. sho .oa? ..,...ea.e..,,..s.,..,,sao o.e ooee~'o saoos1
Soda fS3un ai$~B,.....oeerosreossorreea ..,. oeerroeo,eeredomrro3
Ship ?s eoreesrrroro5
3. MATERIALS INSULATXOu ETC
Steel,..,,,4........2,000,000 pounds Furniture......e....8,650 items
ft. (425 mi.) Piping ................185 miles
No wood in construction of hull and no planking on flight deck.
Fireproof, fire resistant and fire retardant material used throughout. This
includes deck coverings and all fabrics used in furniture.
More than 917,600 square feet of fiber glass installed in hull for thermal
and sound-proofing insulation. (80 carloads of material.)
Equipped with 305 inflatable life boats having a coined capacity for more
than 4,575 men.
Sound insulation fitted around all noisy spaces such as fan rooms, motor
generator rooms, control rooms, etc.
Thermal insulation fitted around all living and working areas,
4. PAINT?
Approximately 300,000 gallons of paint used; enough tp paint 30,000 average
homes. Various schemes of colors for habitability purposes are used.
5, ANCHORS 2 PROPELLERS AND RUDDERS
Two anchors, weighing 30 tons each.
2,160 feet of anchor chain for 180 fathoms each (each link 360 pounds).
21 chocks and 24 bitts.
5p000 square yards of canvas.
Two rudders, each weighing 45 tons and equal itt,3ize to the floor of a
two-bedroom house.
Four propellers (blades 21 feet in diameter).
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6. 'INTERIOR C 2[CAT!ONo
About 85 circuits are installed, some of which require elaborate switch gear,
and some of which are interconnected for damage control or battle conditi-,.s.
CONBMLLAT70N is fitted with elevators ranging from 200 to 89,000 pounds
capacity. In addition, there are two electric stairs which travel at 90 feet a
minute to carry pilots to their aircraft from below decks.
8. STORAGE ?
Storerooms in CONSTELLATION & re equal to a six-story warehouse one block
square and have a total capacity of 371,204 cubic feet. The vessel will carry
from 10,000 to 12,000 different items in stock.
qu,pmennt and layout of the galleys, pantries, food service rooms, sculleries,
butcher shops, mess rooms, vegetable preparation rooms, refrigeration commissary
elevator, garbage grinders and trash burners have been arranged to provide quick
and convenient service, The most modern kitchen devices are installed. Health,
sanitation, rapid maintenance are stressed in all parts.
10. DAILY PREPARATION OF FOOD .O
Meals served daily ..................................approx, 15,000
Three special machines will automatically shape 2,400 hamburgers an
hour.
Crew?s galley automatic ccanffee maker will prepare two gallons per
minute.
Automatic potato peelers will prepare 1,000 potatoes an hour.
Nine units will dispose of 4,800 pounds of garbage an hour.
Bread,,,,,,,,,,,,,1,308 loaves
Vegetables.......10,150 pounds
Daily products... a1,080 pounds
11 e, SHIP'S CAPACITY FOR CONSUMABLE ADS
Dry provisionns....... 2,148,600 pounds
Vegetables .............487,000 pounds
lee-making plant......... 5,200 lbs/day
Meat..............4,970 pounds
Dry provisiona...12,950 pounds
?otatoes,.....,0..4,320 pounds
Mu t.....,.,,...394,586.pounds
Dairy products...51,000 pounds
Total area required for all living quarters................88,550 sq* ft.
Mess and lounge area...,......< ............................55,964 sq. ft.
The ship will normally accommodate about 4,200 officers and men, but in
wartime has berthing facilities for about 4,600. The crew has the latest habit-
ability improvements for ships. Each man has an individual berth with a reading
light and foam rubber mattress. Each berthing area has a recreation space with
chairs and writing tables.
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USS CONSTELLATION (CVA-64)
A FLOATING CITY
Air conditioning Plants
Armory
Bakery
Barber Shops (2) - 14 chairs
Basketball Courts (2)
Blacksmith shop
Butcher Shop
Carpenter Shop
Cobbler Shop
Dental Office
Distillation Plant (waterworks)
Dry Cleaning Shop
Electric Shop
Electrical Generating Stations
Fire Stations
Garbage Disposal
Hobby Shop
Hospital
Ice Cream Plants (2)
Jail (brig)
Ladies Powder Rooms (4)
Laundry
Lounges
Machine Shop
Movie Theater
Operating Rooms
Oxygen Plants
Paint Shop
Pharmacy
Photographic Laboratories
Post Office
Printing Plant
Radio & TV Repair Shop
Sheet Metal Shop
Ship's Stores (5)
Soda Fountains (3)
Tailor Shop
Volleyball Courts
Weather Bureau
TV Studio (completely equipped)
broadcasting 50 hrs. weekly
while underway.
Radio Studio (with 2 tape
decks, 2-45 and 1-33
turntables)
Athletic Gearlockers (2)
(5)
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ROLE OF USS CONSTELLATION
Featuring the largest flight deck, the greatest weapons systems and
operating the latest supersonic aircraft, Cu1N.;T ,LATION and its accompanying
striking force is the spearhead of modern sea and air power. She forms the
vital core of the United States Navy's strength in the struggle to maintain
peace in the world.
Her mission is "to support and operate aircraft, to engage in sustained
operation against the enemy." To accomplish this, she can provide all the
elements of airpower necessary for control of the seas and defense of our
country: nuclear or precision conventional attack reconnaissance, air super-
iority, interdiction and close air technical supports
Mobility, flexibility and versatility are her trademarks. The ability
to project United States military forces overseas p-- unrestricted by foreign
landlords or influence since she operates outside territorial waters - is
as important as her ability to move six or seven hundred miles daily across
the vast ocean areas of the world.
Flexibility and versatility also play an important role in her life in
that she is not limited to a single purpose as are intercontinental bombers.
She can peacefully show the flag, perform armed reconnaissance, or launch deft
attacks in large or small scale assaults with conventional or nuclear weapons.
Her tentacles reach out and embrace the sea, its shores and most of the world's
large land targets.
This huge carrier will provide a major contribution to deterring all-.out
war. It has the enemy over a barrel. If he decides to strike at this carrier
and its forces, he will lose the vital element of surprise -- or he can choose
to ignore the carrier and be annihilated.
Regardless, our naval forces will be the forces-in--being after any exchange
due to their dispersal, mobility and concealment capabilities. Carrier striking
forces led by CONSTELLATION will be the residual power which will control the
situation at the end of any war.
Representing the best possible investment in national security, CONSTELLATION
facilities are capable of managing any future planned or unforseen air-borne
threat. She has the versatility to incorporate late developments and technological
advances in weapons and/or systems, including and exploiting true mobility.
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