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Sutton, Frank, RADM USN(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town Cutler
Last Address Columbus, OH
Date of Passing Oct 28, 1985
Location of Interment Glen Rest Memorial Estate - Reynoldsburg, Ohio
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
Other Comments:
Grand Joint Exercise No. 4
From Month/Year
January / 1932
To Month/Year
December / 1932
Description Not Specified
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
January / 1932
To Month/Year
December / 1932
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
Memories During Grand Joint Exercise No. 4, Saratoga and Lexington were able to launch an airstrike against Pearl Harbor on Sunday, 7 February 1932, without being detected. The two carriers were separated for Fleet Problem XIII which followed shortly afterward. Blue Fleet and Saratoga were tasked to attack Hawaii and the West Coast defended by Lexington and the Black Fleet. On 15 March, Lexington caught Saratoga with all of her planes still on deck and was ruled to have knocked out her flight deck and have badly damaged the carrier, which was subsequently judged sunk during a night attack by Black Fleet destroyers.
