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Mediterranean Sea - 22 Jun.68 *
VA-76 * A-4C Skyhawk Launches from port cat.
Photographer: A.N. Montgomery - 22 June 1968
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Leigh D. Allvord
M Div. * 1958-1960
Richard E. Binder
S3 Div. * 1974-1975
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A Div. 1962-1965
Dave Foley
"Sparrowhawk"
V0 Div. * 1980-1983
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V1 Div. * 1960 - 1963
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RVAH-1 * 1964-1967
OZ Div. * 1970 - 1974
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OP Div. 1969 - 1970
Pat Little
V2 Div. 1967 - 1971
OX Div. 1984 / 1985
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CR Div. * 1977 - 1980
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RVAH-12 * 1971
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V1 Div. * 1959 - 1963
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A Div. * 1976 - 1978


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1959 Shake Down
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1961 Med Cruise
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1965 WestPac Cruise
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RVAH-1
1966 / 1967 Med Cruise
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1971 / 1972 Med Cruise
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VAW-122
1974 / 1975 Med Cruise
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S-3 Division
1977 Med Cruise
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My Apologies
To those who have sent
their names and additional
information, that I have
not yet added.

This project has become
very large and though I
work on it almost every
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1958 - 1960



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V2 DIVISION 1968 - 1969
U.S.S. INDEPENDENCE CV-62
Air Department

"Green Shirts.....launch and recovery specialists..."
The Aviation Boatswains Mates, launch and recovery
specialists comprise V2 Division. It is their expertise
and vigilance that keep the INDY's four steam
powered catapults and four arresting gear
engines in a condition of peak readiness.

These 130 green shirt experts serve as aircraft hook-up
men on the catapults, aircraft weight checkers and
jet blast deflector operators.

Below the hub-bub of the flight deck these busy green
shirts watch and maintain a myriad of machinery to
operate the catapults and retract them for another
100+ mile per hour launch.

Back in the arresting gear, the deafening roar and
screech of miles of heavy cable is the only
companion to a man standing watch over
the airplane catching machinery.

V-2, another important link in the
Air Department and Independence team!



************* ENLISTED *************
Name
Rate
Photo
Comments
Earnest Beasley AN
Jul 1968 - Jan 1970
AN
FLAG
Came aboard Instabul, Turkey
Steven Blaisdell AN
Dec 1966 - Jun 1969
AN
FLAG
*
Frank Frizzell AN
"Lefty"
1965 - 1968
AN
FLAG
Waist Cats
Cat 3
Dennis McCutcheon AN
1967 - 1971
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AN
FLAG
Waist Cats
Andy Petakowski AN
1968 - 1970
AN
FLAG
*
Richard Savarino AN
"Ritchie"
1966 - 1970
AN
FLAG
Waist Cats
John "Jack" Stanier AN
Jun 1969 - Dec 1972
AN
FLAG
Waist Cats
Dennis R. Bartlett ABE3
1968 - 1972
AB3
FLAG
*
Steven Blaisdell AQB3
Dec 1966 - Jun 1969
AQ3
FLAG
*
James W. Dustin AB3
1968 - 1971
AB3
FLAG
Catapult #3
Bill Hassanos ABE3
1968 - 1973
ABE3
FLAG
Waist Catapults #4
These were great years spent with even
greater people that I will never forget.
Jim Hee AB3
Feb 1968 - Jun 1970
AB3
FLAG
Worked Holdback, Hook Up, Spotter
(the bridle days), R&T Operator,
Chronograph, and Water Brakes.
also had a stint as Hook Runner
in the gear. It was an experience.
The best was head of the line privies
in the chow lline while underway
and on C.A.P. standby.
Willing to trade sea stories
with former mates.
Fred Hoffstaetter ABE3
1966 - 1970
ABE3
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Waist Cats


Memorial

Terry G. Kilgo ABE3
1964 - 1968
ABE3
FLAG
*
Larry W. Rogers AMH3
Apr 1968 - May 1970
AMH3
FLAG
Transfeered to brother duty in
Albany, Ga., RVAH-5, where I
completed 4 years with an
honorable discharge in Jan 1972.
Completed 2 additional WestPac
tours onboard the USS Ranger
and the USS Enterprise.
Bob Waldron ABE3
04 Jan 1967 - Aug 1970
ABE3
FLAG
Waist Cats
Have often wondered what had become of
some of my former shipmates and friends.
Bernie J. Dusch ABE2
1967 - 1971
ABE2
FLAG
*
Michael Handel ABE2
1969 - 1973
ABE2
FLAG
In desperate need of a good
photo (preferably a 35mm negative)
to make a large poster for my office.
Would like one of the Indy
underway during flight ops
Gunn A. Harrover AB2
1965 - 1968
ABE2
FLAG
*
Roger Holmes ABE2
ABE2
FLAG
Cat Captain on Cat#-3
Patrick Little ABE2
1967 - 1971
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ABE2
FLAG
OX Division
1984 - 1985
Was discharged from the Navy in 1971
Returned to active duty in 1977.
Was subsequently Commissioned as an
LDO Ensign, ASW Aviation Operations,
and assigned as INDY's OX Division
Officer, Operations Department.
LCDR, USN (RET)
Phillip M. Mauldin ABE2
1966 - 1970
ABE2
FLAG
*
Pete Rico ABE2
1965 - 1968
ABE2
FLAG
*
David (nmn) Woofter ABE2
1968 - 1971
ABE2
FLAG
I was a bridal hook up man,console
operator, and Deck edge operator
on Cat-3. The last few months I
was aboard I was the Cat Captain
on Cat#-4 and my good friend and
shipmate Roger Holmes ABE-2 was
Cat Captain on Cat#-3. Loved the
Big I and the waist cat crew.


Atlantic Ocean - Oct.74 *
V2 crewmen prepare port cat for launch
Photographer: JOCS R.P. Benjamin - October 1974

Photo from the David (Mike) Richardson Collection
************* OFFICERS *************
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Comments


Fred on Deck
Fred on Deck * Provided by Pat Little



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