NARA San Bruno: 9NS-313-94-01 Box 5 of 21 Folder 105

NARA - San Bruno

Record Group 9NS-313-94-01

321745

Box 5 of 21, Folder 105

Ships Planes Comments

USS ESSEX SBD5 Index to citations list (12 pages; 157 citations).
Citations for SBD5 attacks on Japanese shipping over Rabuul and New Britain on 1943-Nov-11 (27 pages; based upon numbering, many more are missing).

USS ESSEX Title page (handwritten: "Kwajalein (F)").

USS ESSEX Recommendations for awards for FLINTLOCK operation (3 pages).

USS ESSEX F6F Hellcat
TBF Avenger Index to citations list (12 pages; 152 + 4 citations).
Citations for attacks on Roi-Namur, Kwajalein Atoll, and Marshall Islands 1944-Jan-29 through 1944-Feb-03 (62 pages; based upon numbering, many more are missing).

USS ALABAMA
USS BURNS
USS CABOT
USS ESSEX
USS INDIANA
USS INDIANAPOLIS
USS INTREPID
USS LANG
USS NORTH CAROLINA
USS SOUTH DAKOTA
USS STACK
USS STERRETT
USS THE SULLIVANS
USS WASHINGTON OS2U Action Report for attack on Roi-Namur from 1944-Jan-29 to 1944-Feb-03 (1 page).
Action Report enclosure: general narrative (4 pages).
Action Report enclosure: chronology, track charts, and photographs. Mentions OS2U on rescue search (15 pages, 5.5(?) photos).
Ordnance materials and expenditure (1 page).
Brief resume of battle damage - own and enemy (2 pages).
Conclusions and recommendations, and Special Comment, all departments. Mentions the lack of Air-Sea Rescue ("Dumbo") capability since the beginning of "sizeable carrier operations in the Central Pacific" (10 pages).
Personnel, Performance, and Casualties (2 pages).
Air operations (5 pages).

USS ESSEX Title page: Report of CAG-9 air operations in support of Roi-Namur occupation from 1944-Jan-29 to 1944-Feb-03 (1 page).
Summary (6 pages).
Plans and Operations. Again complains of lack of Dumbo (6 pages).
Back cover (1 blank page).

USS ESSEX Title page: Report of VB-9 FLINTLOCK operation (1 page).
Aircraft Action Reports (15 with 4-6 pages each).
Enclosure A: additional flights (4 pages).
Enclosure B: recommendations covering operations and material (5 pages).

Ships	Planes	Comments
USS ESSEX	SBD5	Index to citations list (12 pages; 157 citations). Citations for SBD5 attacks on Japanese shipping over Rabuul and New Britain on 1943-Nov-11 (27 pages; based upon numbering, many more are missing).
USS ESSEX		Title page (handwritten: "Kwajalein (F)").
USS ESSEX		Recommendations for awards for FLINTLOCK operation (3 pages).
USS ESSEX	F6F Hellcat TBF Avenger	Index to citations list (12 pages; 152 + 4 citations). Citations for attacks on Roi-Namur, Kwajalein Atoll, and Marshall Islands 1944-Jan-29 through 1944-Feb-03 (62 pages; based upon numbering, many more are missing).
USS ALABAMA USS BURNS USS CABOT USS ESSEX USS INDIANA USS INDIANAPOLIS USS INTREPID USS LANG USS NORTH CAROLINA USS SOUTH DAKOTA USS STACK USS STERRETT USS THE SULLIVANS USS WASHINGTON	OS2U	Action Report for attack on Roi-Namur from 1944-Jan-29 to 1944-Feb-03 (1 page). Action Report enclosure: general narrative (4 pages). Action Report enclosure: chronology, track charts, and photographs. Mentions OS2U on rescue search (15 pages, 5.5(?) photos). Ordnance materials and expenditure (1 page). Brief resume of battle damage - own and enemy (2 pages). Conclusions and recommendations, and Special Comment, all departments. Mentions the lack of Air-Sea Rescue ("Dumbo") capability since the beginning of "sizeable carrier operations in the Central Pacific" (10 pages). Personnel, Performance, and Casualties (2 pages). Air operations (5 pages).
USS ESSEX		Title page: Report of CAG-9 air operations in support of Roi-Namur occupation from 1944-Jan-29 to 1944-Feb-03 (1 page). Summary (6 pages). Plans and Operations. Again complains of lack of Dumbo (6 pages). Back cover (1 blank page).
USS ESSEX		Title page: Report of VB-9 FLINTLOCK operation (1 page). Aircraft Action Reports (15 with 4-6 pages each). Enclosure A: additional flights (4 pages). Enclosure B: recommendations covering operations and material (5 pages).