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USS INDEPENDENCE CVL-22 A War Diary of the Nation’s First Dedicated Night Carrier |
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ISBN: 978-0-9838869-1-4 |
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Index A “Able” (Test - Bikini), 752-759 Aircraft types - See Aircraft Types Section on pages; (U.S.) 70-73, (Japan) 331-333 Air Groups / Squadrons (in order of their assignment aboard) (Dates Aboard - see page 795) Carrier Air Group 22 Pages 64 - 249 VF-6 Pages 142 - 249 VF-33 (Rabaul only) Pages 200 - 208 CVLG(N)-41 Pages 287 - 526 CVLG-46 Pages 533 - 638 CVLG-27 Pages 638 - 723 CVLG-21 Pages 723 - 733 Squadron Logos, 797 Air Group Aircraft Markings & Insignias, 796 Alameda, Calif. NAS, 128, 274, 277, 278, 280, 281, 286, 287, 312, 526, 734, 735 Amami Oshima, 376, 378, 516, 591, 596, 599, 600, 604, 609 Amoy, 503, 507, 510 Angaur Island, 327, 329, 332, 333, 338, 343, (also see Palau) Angeles Airfield, Philippines, 350, 351, 470, 471, 495 Aparri Airfield, Philippines, 322, 400, 444, 446, 448, 493 B B-29s, 515, 557, 589, 621, 648, 679, 682-684, 686, 751, 754, 763 Babcock & Wilcox Co., 32, 267, 799 Badger, Oscar Charles, Rear Admiral, 642, 678-680 “Baker” (Test), 751, 759, 763-765 Baker Island , 146, 159, Balintang Channel, 501, 503, 513, 514 Bambam Airfield, Philippines, 468, 470, 471 Bard, Ralph A., 38 Bashi Channel, 498, 501, 503 Batangas Airfield, Philippines, 444, 446, 467, 468, 471 Betio (Bititu) Island, 213, 215, 217, 219, 220 Bikini Atoll, 272, 746, 749-755, 759, 763-766, 770 Blandy, W.H.P. Vice Admiral, 750-753, 755 Blimps (non-rigid airships), 94, 111 K-75, Goodyear, K-class, 277 K-105, Goodyear, K-class, 274 K-121, Goodyear, K-class, 274 K-155, Goodyear, K-class, 276 “Bockscar”, 684, 686 Bogan, Gerald Francis, Rear Admiral, 20, 309, 320, 325, 321, 341, 342, 357, 362, 365, 372, 376, 385, 408, 411, 412, 422, 427, 432, 441, 446, 460, 462, 473, 489, 513, 517, 535, 572, 573, 583, 780 Borneo, 17, 376, 402 Bougainville Island, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 208, 767 Brunei, 323, 402 C Camden, New Jersey, 16, 18, 21, 38, 40, 41, 50, 103, 107, 363 Camranh Bay, 503, 504, 507 “Cairo Declaration”, 669, 670 Convoy HI-86 (IJN convoy), 504, 505 Coron Bay, Philippines, 353-357, 405-407 Churchill, Winston, Prime Minister, 668 Clark Airfield, Philippines, 347-349, 350, 351, 377, 436, 437, 444, 446, 467, 468, 470, 471, 496 Clark, Joseph James, Rear Admiral, 460, 519, 535, 620, 631 |
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Index D “Dave’s Dream”, 754 Delaware Bay / River, 21, 27, 38, 39, 53, 62-64, 99, 103, 107, 108, 363, 408 Denfeld, Lewis Emil, Rear Admiral, 642 Dispositions, 810-813 Draemel, Milo Fredrick, Rear Admiral, 50 E Ellice Islands, 240, 244, 246, 249, 250, 272 Eniwetok, 271, 272, 296, 302-304, 308, 309, 313, 317, 318, 320, 330, 362, 523, 529-532, 640 “Enola Gay”, 682 Ewen, Edward Coyle, (Independence Captain), 36, 295, 296, 302, 306, 311, 319, 330, 408, 411, 412, 422, 424, 443, 444, 459, 463, 465, 469, 473, 474, 490, 509, 512, 513, 521, 526, 775, 776 F Fairlamb Jr., George R., Captain (Independence Captain), 50, 67, 152, 167, 168, 775, 776 Farallon Islands, 126, 262, 263, 274, 277, 734, 736, 767 “Fat Man” (Nagasaki device), 681, 684, 686, 754 Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, T.H., 133, 135-137, 142, 144-146, 149-151, 170, 254-256, 286, 287-289, 291, 292-295, 297, 299, 301, 302, 312, 526, 528, 529, 749 Formosa, 296, 329, 373, 374, 376-378, 385-388, 390-398, 400, 402, 404, 425, 426, 448, 487, 489-491, 495-501, 510, 511, 514-516, 551 Funafuti Island, 211, 214, 226, 240, 241, 244, 246, 247, 249, 250, 252, 266 G Gardner, Matthias B., Rear Admiral, 484, 492, 509 Gilbert Islands, 17, 160, 197, 211, 212, 214, 217, 220, 246, 271, 272, 767 (map 212) Groves, Leslie R., General, 682 Guam Island, 11, 17, 155, 272, 279, 358, 363, 438, 481, 515, 530-532, 581, 639-640, 690, 723, 728, 736-737, 739, 740 H Halsey Jr., William Fredrick (“Bull”), Admiral (Fleet Adm. Dec. 1945), 10, 18, 20, 138, 139, 197, 199, 208, 324, 331, 332, 338, 341, 349, 350, 353, 385, 390, 392, 396, 397, 400, 402, 403, 406-408, 412-414, 421, 430, 432, 436, 457, 459, 460, 473, 477, 503, 620, 621, 631, 643, 651, 654, 665-666, 691, 694, 703, 709, 734, 780 Hampton Roads, Virginia, 64, 66, 77 Hiroshima, Japan, 681, 682, 751 Hokkaido, Japan, 651, 653-656, 669, 683, 684 Honolulu, Hawaii, 135-136, 138, 145, 146, 186, 187, 264, 280, 287, 296, 299, 392, 526 Honshu, Japan, 534, 543, 545, 602, 654, 655, 663-665, 669, 674, 682-685, 687-689, 701, 702, 704-706, 712 Hunters Point, Calif., 29, 262-264, 266-269, 273, 275-278, 281, 296, 305, 735, 736, 741, 767, 770, 800, 801 I Ie Shima (Okinawa), 586, 587, 613 Indochina, 498, 503, 506, 507 Iwo Jima, 515, 527, 688, 689, 690, 737-739 J Japanese aircraft photos, 335-337 (“Betty”, “Dinah”, “Emily”, “Frances”, "Frank", "George", "Grace", "Hap", “Jake”, “Jill”, “Judy”, “Mavis”, “Nick”, “Oscar”, “Rufe”, “Sally”, “Tojo”, “Tony”, “Topsy”, "Val", “Zero” or “ Zeke”) Johnson, Rudolph Lincoln., Commander (Independence XO / Captain), 40, 101, 167, 170, 171, 177-179, 182, 189, 191, 198, 203, 206, 210, 240, 241, 247, 251, 252, 255, 257, 261, 262, 265, 266, 281, 289, 290, 295, 296, 311, 312, 775, 776 K Kadena Airfield, Okinawa, 556, 558, 580 Kagoshima Bay, Japan, 562, 581, 628 Kanoya Airfield, Japan, 549, 563, 581, 582 Kerama Retto, 551, 554, 556, 597, 599, 601 Kikai Shima / Kikai Airfield, 575, 578, 590-592, 599-601, 603, 606, 605, 609, 627, 628 |
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Index Kindell, Noland M., (Independence Captain), 526, 527, 529-533, 535, 541, 544, 555, 558, 565-567, 569, 574, 575, 582, 585, 592, 613, 618, 619, 628, 629, 632, 635, 642, 647-648, 650, 653-655, 657, 663, 673, 678- 681, 697-701, 704, 722, 729, 731, 752, 754, 755, 759, 763, 765-767, 775, 777 King, Ernest Joseph, Commander-in-Chief U.S. Fleet & CNO, 20, 38, 257, 414, 779 Kita-Daito Island, 558, 559, 634 Knox, Frank, Secretary of the Navy, 16, 38, 267 Kobe, Japan, 534, 543, 545, 666 Koniya Seaplane Base, Amami-O-Shima, 596, 604 Koriyama Airfield, Japan, 684, 687 Kure, Japan, 534, 543, 545, 664, 665, 666, 671, 672 Kurita, Takeo, Vice Admiral - IJN, 278, 402, 403, 407-409, 411-41 , Kwajalein Atoll, 271, 272, 479, 497, 743, 751, 764-767 Kyushu, Japan, 517, 543-545, 547, 549, 551, 560-563, 572, 573, 578, 581, 582, 586, 589, 622, 624, 627, 628, 632, 633, 670, 672, 700 L Lee Jr., Willis Augustus ("Ching"), Vice Admiral, 357, 358, 361, 701 Leyte, 278, 313, 339, 341, 342, 349, 350, 373, 376, 400, 402, 404-408, 412, 413, 415, 416, 418, 433, 441, 453, 455, 477, 481, 609, 632, 634-638, 640, 646, 694, 767 Leyte Gulf, 402, 407, 416, 512, 514, 516, 535-538, 639, 640, 643-645 Lingayen Field, & Lingayen Gulf, Philippines, 349, 350, 351, 346, 444, 446, 466, 468, 470, 498 Lipa Airfield, Philippines, 444, 446, 447, 467, 468, 471 “Little Boy” (Hiroshima device), 681 Long Beach, Calif., 739, 746 Los Angeles, Calif., 738, 739 Luzon, 296, 338, 341, 347-349, 350, 352, 353, 357, 390, 395, 396, 400, 401, 405, 406, 412, 416, 419, 420, 430, 434, 436, 441, 444-446, 448, 452, 454, 456, 457, 462, 463, 465, 466, 469-473, 477, 480, 481, 489, 492, 493, 495-499, 501, 502, 512-515, 638, 767 M Mabalacat Airfield, Philippines, 444, 446, 467, 468 MacArthur, Douglas, General, 17. 20, 208, 296, 320, 376, 400, 402, 405, 477, 691, 692, 707-709, 722 Machinato Airfield, Okinawa, 580, 591 Manila, 346-347, 349-350, 352, 357, 376, 419-420, 426, 444, 448, 454-455, 463-467, 469, 471-472, 503, 696, 697, 703 Manila Bay, 329, 343, 352, 356, 357, 419, 420, 444, 456, 471 Maps & Charts Balingtang Channel, 501 Betitu (Betito) Island - see Tarawa Atoll, 213 Central Pacific, 245, 272, 279 Pacific Map - 808-809 Convoy HI-86 (IJN), 505,506 Coron Bay Strike, 355 Funifuti Island location, 245 Gilbert & Marshal Islands, 212, 202, 235, 245, 272 Japan, 626 Kwajalein Atoll (Kwajalein Isl. / Namur Isl. / Roi Isl.), 271 (location - 272) Manila Area / Lake Tall Area, 323 Marcus Island, 156 ( location - see Pacific Ocean Area, 808-809) Marshall Islands, 212, 202, 235, 245, 272 Nansei Shoto (Ryukyu Islands / Okinawa) Track Chart - (29-30 Mar.1945), 561 Nansei Shoto (Ryukyu Islands / Okinawa) Track Chart - (29 Apr.-1 May 1945), 598 Nansei Shoto (Ryukyu Islands / Okinawa) Track Chart - (9-1 May 1945), 610 Okinawa / Kerama Retto / Ie Shima / Okinawa Airfields, 552 Okinawa - Submarine Exclusion Zone, 568 Pacific Ocean Area, 808-809 Palau Islands (Angaur, Babelthuap, Koror, Peleliu) / Philippine Sea Area, 321 |
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Index Maps & Charts continued Philippine Airfields / Philippine Area, 322, 323 Philippine Sea - Battle of the Philippine Sea, 279 Rabaul (New Britain Island), 207 Rabaul Raid Track Chart (11 Nov 1943), 209 Ryukyu Islands - see Nansei Shoto Solomon Sea - “Cartwheel” Area (and Bismarck Archipelago), 139 Tarawa Atoll, 213 ( location - see 245, 272) Tarawa Area Radar Track Chart (18 Nov 1943), 218 Tarawa Area Track Summary Chart (20 Nov 1943 Betty Bomber Attack), 227-228 Ulithi Atoll, ( location - see 272) Wake Island, 172 ( location - see Pacific Ocean Area, 808-809) Marcus Island, 152-161, 166, 172, 176, 188, 190, 197, 217 (AKA Minami Tori Shima ) Mare Island, Calif., 116, 117, 126, 127, 128, 264, 281, 286 Mariana Islands, 204, 271, 272, 278, 360, 361, 377, 515, 548, 722, 736, 737, 740 Marshall Islands, 160, 176, 217, 272, 296, 308, 531, 749, 750, 762 (map 212) McCain Sr., John Sidney “Slew”, Vice Admiral, 20, 168, 312, 331, 385, 422, 427, 443, 477, 620, 621, 624, 643 677, 709, 781 Midway Island, 17-19, 153, 176, 430, 736 Minami-Daito Shima, 558, 559, 571, 575, 586, 605, 633, 634 Minami Tori Shima - See Marcus Island Mindanao, 329, 331, 331, 333, 337, 338, 342, 357, 406, 431 Mindoro, 353, 357, 402, 409, 411, 431, 460, 462, 463, 465, 469, 472, 473, 480 Mitscher, Marc Andrew ("Pete"), Vice Admiral, 20, 320, 331, 353, 357, 385, 533, 535, 551, 599, 613, 616, 620, 779, 781 Miyakonojo Airfield, 624, 627 Miyazaki Airfield, 624, 625, 627 Montgomery, Alfred Eugene, Admiral, 173, 176, 182, 183, 197, 203, 319, 776 Mullinnix, Henry M., Rear Admiral, 247 N Nagasaki, Japan, 684, 686, 751 Nansei Shoto, 373, 374, 376-378, 516, 517, 535, 551, 555, 561, 604 New York Ship Building Corporation (NYSB) 16, 21, 26, 38-41, 50, 54, 800 Nichols Airfield, Philippines, 350, 357, 444, 446, 469, 470, 471 Night Intruder Mission, 334 Nimitz Sr., Chester William, Fleet Admiral (Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and CinC Pacific Oceans Area), 20, 38, 140, 158, 249, 257, 271, 296, 349, 390, 406, 414, 436, 551, 572, 651, 665, 708, 709, 779 Nishimura, Shoji, Vice Admiral - IJN, 4Ang2, 403, 412 O Okinawa, Okinawa Shima, 293, 297, 373, 376-378, 425, 491, 516, 517, 535, 551, 553-557, 558, 560, 561, 563- 567, 569-592, 594-597, 599-608, 611, 613, 618-636, 638, 642, 767 “Operation Crossroads”, 744, 746, 747, 749, 750-753, 759, 763, 764, “Operation Iceberg” 551 (see Okinawa) “Operation Magic Carpet”, 731, 735-745 “Operation Stalemate II”, 320, 324-329, 332 Ozawa, Jisaboro, Vice Admiral - IJN, 278, 279, 403, 408, 412, 413 P Palau, 278, 312, 320, 321, 327-329, 331-333, 337, 343-345, 349, 363, 373 Palawan Islands / Palawan Passage, 321, 353, 357, 402, 403 Panama / Panama Canal, 107, 109, 118, 119, 120, 640 Pearl Harbor, 16, 17, 19, 48, 103, 127-130, 132, 133, 135-137, 141, 142, 144-146, 149-152, 165-167, 170, 180, 185-188, 191, 196, 212, 240, 247, 248, 250, 252-256, 261, 278, 280-283, 286-289, 291-297, 299, 301, 302, 310-312, 330, 363, 390, 391, 431, 477, 496, 518, 520-529, 531, 534, 541, 581, 592, 639, 640, 719, 743, 744, 748, 749, 766, 767, 801 |
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Index Philadelphia Navy Yard, 39-41, 48, 50-55, 59, 63, 68, 91, 95, 98-100, 107, 247, 307, 732 Philippines, 17-18, 320, 329, 331-333, 337-339, 341-343, 346-347, 350, 352-353, 356-357, 373, 376, 388, 391, 393, 396, 400, 402, 404-408, 413, 415-416, 418-420, 430, 434, 436, 438, 441, 443, 446, 456, 460, 465, 469, 472, 477, 482, 492, 495, 560, 636, 638-639, 644 Philippine Sea, 278, 279, 330, 353, 376, 403, 407, 501, 514, 515, 671 Portland, Oregon, 3, 729-734 Port Moresby, 18, 19, 138, 199 “Potsdam Declaration”, 668-669, 688, 691-693 Pownall, Charles Alan, Rear Admiral, 158, 271 R Rabaul, New Brittan, 17, 138, 139, 188, 197-200, 202, 206-210, 217, 251, 796 Radford, Arthur William, Rear Admiral, 20, 137, 144, 152, 167, 173, 534, 535, 551, 565, 571, 585, 599, 618-621, 628, 631, 642-644, 647-648, 650, 677, 678, 679-681, 691, 699, 711, 712, 777, 780 Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, President, 16, 17, 38, 101, 143, 267, 296, 577, 578, 579, 582, 668 Ryden, R.W., Rear Admiral, 38, 40, 41 Ryukyu Islands, 376-378, 389, 491, 497, 516, 517, 551, 557, 558, 561, 563-566, 569-574, 577, 579, 581, 583, 585 -589, 591-597, 599-609, 611, 618,-623, 629, 631-634 S Saigon, 503, 507, 509 Saipan, 272, 278, 279, 357, 358, 360, 361, 376, 515, 722-725, 727, 728, 731, 736, 737, 740, 743, 745 Sakishima Gunto Islands, 516, 570 San Bernardino Strait, 278, 341, 353, 402, 407, 408, 410-412, 414, 415, 430, 431 San Diego, Calif., 120, 121, 124, 125, 126, 127, 142, 310, 312, 541, 596, 639, 640, 709, 746, 747 San Francisco, Calif., 8, 126-129, 135, 161, 261-267, 270, 273-277, 280, 281, 286, 287, 312, 363, 731, 733-736, 765, 767, 768, San Pedro, Calif., 729, 739, 743-749, 751 San Pedro Bay, Leyte Gulf, 637-640, 642-643 Sea Trials, 41, 50, 63, 273-276, 278, Sherman, Fredrick Carl, Rear Admiral, 197, 200-304, 331, 385, 412, 535, 620, 781 Shikoku, Japan, 589, 664, 665, 670-672 Shima, Kiyohide, Vice Admiral - IJN, 396, 397, 402, 403, 412 Ships - United States Ship Name, Hull Number, Class, Description, page # USS ADMIRALTY ISLANDS, CVE-99, Casablanca, Escort Carrier, 569, 743 USS AJAX, AR-6, Vulcan, Repair Ship, 759, 765-767 USS ALABAMA, BB-60, South Dakota, Battleship, 194, 196, 358, 385, 415, 477 USS ALASKA, CB-1, Alaska, Battlecruiser, 457, 535, 544, 546, 550, 558, 563, 633-636, 642 USS ALBACORE, SS-218, Gato, Submarine, 278 USS ALCYONE, AKA-7, Arcturus, Attack Cargo Ship, 675, 715 USS ALDEBARAN, AF-10, Provision Store Ship, 368, 372, 634, 648-649, 703-704, 711 USS ALLEN M. SUMNER, DD-692, Allen M. Sumner, Destroyer, 722-725, 728, 730 USS AMSTERDAM, converted to USS INDEPENDENCE, 16, 21, 23, 26, 745 USS ANTIETAM, CV-36, Essex, Aircraft Carrier, 743 USS ARAPAHO, ATF-68, Navajo, Fleet Ocean Tug, 250, 252, 254 USS ARIZONA, BB-39, Pennsylvania, Battleship, 135, 136, 247, 254, 287 USS ARKANSAS, BB-33, Wyoming, Battleship, 107, 746, 764, 765 USS ARTEMIS, AKA-21, Artemis, Attack Cargo Ship, 766 USS ASHTABULA, AO-51, Cimarron, Fleet Oiler, 555 USS ASTORIA, CL-90, Cleveland, Light Cruiser, 746 USS ATASCOSA, AO-66, Atascosa, Fleet Oiler, 197, 483, 497, 620, 697 USS ATLANTA, CL-51, Atlanta, Anti-aircraft Cruiser, 486, 711, 712 USS ATTU, CVE-102, Casablanca, Escort Carrier, 630 USS AUCILLA, AO-56, Ashtabula, Fleet Oiler, 592 USS AULT, DD-698, Allen M. Sumner, Destroyer, 509, 702 |
