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USS Palau CVE -122
1952 Mediterranean cruise
8.75” X 11.25” illustrated hardcover cruise book
Mediterranean Cruise of the USS PALAU – CVE 122 April –June 1952:
Commander Carrier Division 16 and Antisubmarine Squadron 31 embarked
Commander Carrier Division 16
Captain Frederik N. Kivette USN
Commanding officer: Captain Thomas B Neblett USN
Executive officer Commander Geoffrey P. Norman USN
Commanding officer VS-31 Commander Raymond E. Moore usn
Dedication
Hoisting aboard AF aircraft of DS-31
Flight deck parade
Anchors aweigh
Gibraltar
Seville
Malaga
Augusta Sicily
Marseilles France
Golfe Juan France
Naples Italy
The Azores
A history of Carrier Division 16
Comcardiv 16 officers
Comcardiv 16 enlisted personnel
USS Palau department heads
X division
MAA force
Navigation department
O-I division
O-e division
O-R division
O-S division
Gunnery
First division
Second division
Third division
F division
L division
Engineering
A division
B division
E division
M division
R division
Air
V – 1 division
V-2 division
V-3 division
HU-2 unit
Medical and dental
Supply
S-1 division
S-2 division
S-3 division
History of VS-31
Executive officer: LCDR William B. Craig
VS-31 officers
Maintenance
Electronics
Electrical
Airframes
Ordnance and administration
