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UNITED STATES NAVAL AVIATION
1910-1995
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Entelpljse, known
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'The Big E" was
in
almost continuous action during World War II 704377
headed to deliver a Marine Scout Bombing Squadron.
Enterprise
was also at sea about 200 miles west of
Pearl Harbor, returning from Wake Island after deliv-
ering a Marine Fighter Squadron there. Her Scouting
Squadron 6, launched early in the morning to land at
Ewa Airfield, Hawaii, arrived during the attack and
engaged enemy aircraft.
9 December
The Secretary of the Navy authorized
the Bureau of Ships to contract with the RCA
Manufacturing Company for a service test quantity of
25 sets of ASB airborne search radar. This radar had
been developed by the Naval Research Laboratory
(under the designation XAT) for installation in dive
bombers and torpedo planes.
10 December
Aircraft from
Enterprise
attacked and
sank the Japanese submarine 1-70 in waters north of
the Hawaiian Islands. This was one of the submarines
used to scout the Hawaiian area in connection with
the Pearl Harbor attack and was the first Japanese
combatant ship sunk by United States aircraft during
World
War II.
10 December
Antisubmarine patrols over the South
Atlantic were initiated by Patrol Squadron 52,
equipped with Catalinas operating from Natal, Brazil.
12 December
The Naval Air Transport Service
(NATS) was established under the Chief of Naval
Operations to provide rapid air delivery of critical
equipment, spare parts, and specialist personnel to
naval activities and fleet forces all over the world.
14 December
Patrol Wing 10 departed Cavite and,
with its two patrol squadrons and four seaplane ten-
ders, began withdrawal from the Philippines. Before
reaching Australia it operated from various bases along
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