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✪ Coral Sea History ✪
  • October 17, 1955 - Captain William E. Gentner Jr. assumes command of the USS Coral Sea.
  • October 17, 1965 - USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) sailed for home with a 973-foot homeward bound pennant trailing astern, reflecting the longest deployment made by a carrier since World War II.
  • October 17, 1983 - USS Coral Sea begins a 15-month complex overhaul involving repairs and alterations to the ship at Norfolk, Va. Navy Yard. Included in the package were all of the equipment required to operate F/A-18 Hornets.

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1947 - CVB-43 Underway in the Hampton Roads area.

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