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Unit Details

Strength
Not Specified
 
Type
Surface Vessel
 
Year
1958 - 1970
 

Description

Hull # CV-33


CLASS - ESSEX (Long Hull) AKA TICONDEROGA 
Displacement 27,100 Tons, Dimensions, 888' (oa) x 93' x 28' 7" (Max) 
Armament 12 x 5"/38AA, 32 x 40mm, 46 x 20mm, 82 Aircraft. 
Armor, 4" Belt, 2 1/2" Hanger deck, 1 1/2" Deck, 1 1/2" Conning Tower. 
Machinery, 150,000 SHP; Westinghouse Geared Turbines, 4 screws 
Speed, 33 Knots, Crew 3448. 
Operational and Building Data

The third Kearsarge (CV-33) was launched 5 May 1945 by the New York Naval Shipyard, New York and commissioned 2 March 1946. Decommissioned 16 June 1950. Recommissioned 15 February 1952. SCB-27A modernization completed in March 1952. Redesignated CVA-33, 1 October 1952. SCB-125 modernization completed in January 1957. Redesignated CVS-33, 1 October 1958. Decommissioned 13 February 1970. Sold for scrapping in February 1974.

 

CV-33 was named Kearsarge to commemorate the prior service of other US warships that had borne the name. Kearsarge is a mountain in Merrimack County, New Hampshire 





Source:  http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/33.htm

Notable Persons
None
 
Reports To
Essex-class
 
Active Reporting Unit
None
 
Inactive Reporting Unit
None
 
291 Members Who Served in This Unit


 

  • Aldredge, James, FN, (1960-1964)
  • Aldrege, Jim, FN, (1960-1964)
  • Allen, Jerry, PO3, (1959-1962)
  • Amburgey, Charles, MCPO, (1963-1984)
  • Anderson, Karl, SCPO, (1965-1985)
  • Anderson, Merlin, CDR, (1952-1988)
  • Anderson, Randy, PO2, (1962-1968)
  • Andrews, Wayne, PO2, (1965-1973)
  • Appleman, Robert, CDR, (1958-1978)
  • Arthur, Robert, PO3, (1967-1971)
  • Ashley, Douglas, SCPO, (1955-1980)
  • Babb, Herbert, AN, (1965-1968)
  • Barnett, David, PO1, (1965-1975)
  • Barnett, William, PO3, (1962-1966)
  • BELLING, RAYMOND, PO3, (1965-1969)
  • Benjamin, John, SN, (1968-1972)
  • Bennett, Lyle, PO3, (1967-1970)
  • Berry, Dennis, SN, (1961-1967)
  • Bidwell, Rick, PO3, (1962-1970)
  • Biffath, David, FN, (1959-1963)
  • Birdsong, Boyd, PO2, (1962-1967)
  • Black, Steve, PO3, (1965-1969)
  • Blackmon, David, AN, (1959-1965)
  • Blosser, Calvin, PO3, (1965-1973)
  • Bocian, Jerome, PO3, (1968-1970)
  • Bonard, Patrick, PO3, (1964-1968)
  • Bonner, Thomas, PO3, (1966-1969)
  • Booker, Harold, CPO, (1956-1976)
  • Borovoy, John, CPO, (1962-1982)
  • Boyd, Robert, LTJG, (1961-1964)
  • Boyle, Michael, SCPO, (1964-1995)
  • Bradley, James, FN, (1960-1964)
  • Breveleri, Don, SN, (1965-1967)
  • Bricker, Russell, PO3, (1965-1968)
  • Browne, Edward, PO1, (1965-1996)
  • Browne, Edward, PO1, (1964-1995)
  • Burbank, Burt, PO1, (1957-1980)
  • Burch, Patrick, PO3, (1965-1968)
  • Burke, James, PO3, (1966-2009)
  • Burrell, Kenneth, PO3, (1961-1964)
  • Butler, Fred, PO2, (1962-1966)
  • Byrne, James, PO3, (1961-1965)
  • Cardmon, Bruce, PO2, (1960-1963)
 
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  Vietnam Service Medal - 1967
 



Name of Award
Vietnam Service Medal

Devices
none
Year Awarded
1967

Details behind Award:
Not Specified
Last Updated:
May 2, 2017
 
 
 
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