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Show Serviceman is aboard carrier Gordon J. Peterson, fireman, USN, son of Mrs. George Andrew An-drew of Thistle, is serving aboard the newly converted anti-submaAne aircraft carrier USS Essex operating out of Quonset Point, R. I. Essex, flagship for the Commander, Com-mander, Carrier Division 18, completed a yard period in late May at Brooklyn, N.Y., undergoing her conversion from an attack aircraft carrier to her present status. Upon completion of carrier qualifications this June for pilots of the Essex's new air squadrons, the Essex and her crew will embark a group of U.S. Naval Midshipmen from the Naval Academy and colleges col-leges throughout the country for annual summer training cruises to the Caribbean and Canada. |