Carrier Service Unit Number One (CASU 1)

[Sully1202]

Hope you still see this thread 607wimb. My dad served with CASU-47 at Marpi Point and Kobler Field.He was a line officer working on the Aircraft for the USS Boxer and USS Antietem. I have pictures and he recalls a couple of names.

 

[Billie Baker's Daughter]

Hi fd brunner. I too am looking for info about CASU 11. My father William (Billie) David Baker served in CASU 11. Deceased 7-7-45 off Uku Shima. 2 PBY's were sub-chasing and a sub shot one down. Pilot of surviving PBY was "Ozzie." My father was a radioman, but was carried as a "passenger" on this flight. Don't know if I am right in assuming that designation meant he wasn't crew.

If you hear of anything would you kindly let me know? I will share with you if I get a response. Thanks

 

[kajonz]

LOOKING FOR MEMBERS OF CASU 47 THAT WERE ON SAIPAN IN 1945-46. ORDINANCE OR OTHERWISE. WOULD SHARE OLD THOUGHTS AND MEMORIES.

My dad was a member of CASU 47 at Marpi Point during that time (also a member of CASU 5 51). Robert W Jones Aviation Machinist's Mate H Second Class. He passed away in '93 always Navy

 

[VB Boy]

My late dad, Vern Barthel CY, was also in CASU 40 during WWII. His records show he departed Alameda, CA in March 1944 for the South Pacific and I believe was there till end of war. He has photos from what appears to be a tropical island but do not know it's name. Aircraft loss records show CASU 40 lost aircraft from Espirito Santo but don't know if CASU 40 was stationed there. Do you have any insight?

 

[R Leonard]

CASU-40 locations:

1/4/1944 Established NAS Alameda
1/25/1944 Enroute to Russell Islands
3/14/1944 Russell Islands
4/25/1944 Torokina Bougainville
5/2/1944 Efate
8/15/1944 Espiritu Santo
4/21/1945 Enroute To West Coast
6/23/1944 NAS Port Hueneme

 

[Frank Wegrzyn]

NAREEVES,
My father, Frank Wegrzyn, was part of CASU 33 and he has been trying to find out whatever happened to his unit too but can't find any information. I am helping him out. He is 89 now. As far as he remembers, CASU 33 was deployed out to the Pacific on a mission out of Los Alamitos in 1943. Although he signed up for duty, his name was cut off the bottom of the list on that particular mission and he was subsequently shipped out on a liberty ship tanker named Newhall Hills. He has always wondered what happened to his old unit. Do you have any information on CASU 33?

 

[R Leonard]

CASU-33 was established in mid-September 1943 at NAS Los Alamitos, California. Tracing through each of the USN weekly location reports for the remainder of the war, it appears that CASU-33 never left Los Alamitos, not even as a detachment. Commanding was Commander Albert E Baker, USNR, a pre-war Chief Boatswain. Perhaps that to which your father referred was a personnel draft out of CASU-33 to establish another CASU somewhere in the Pacific. There were some 70+ CASU units established during the war years, not a few were established at advanced bases and were never stationed stateside. It was just as easy, perhaps easier, to move selected personnel from one existing CASU to form another as it was to move an already established unit. Both methods were used, but it is easy to track the movement of any entire CASU which went from point A to point B in the location reports, for example, see post #46, above.

Regards

 

[jdstacey12]

I am James M. Stacey my dad was James T. Stacey everyone called him JT. Dad was also in that group Rec. from CASU #1. Dad was on the Muster Roll of the Point Cruz CVE 119 1946.
According to the stars in dad's Service Ribbons he must have seen a lot of action. Dad would never talk about what he did during WWII. Dad died in Houston, Harris County, Texas on June 08, 1985. I hope someone might have know something about his service.

 

[bernies son]

I am joining the search for information on USN CASUs. My father, Bernard Keltyka was with CASU 6 (Enterprise, Princeton, ??) on Esperanto Santo, Guadalcanal and Bougainville in 1943 -1944. As an AMM 2, propeller specialist, he worked on primarily on F4Fs, SBDs and TBFs with occasional work on Army aircraft. He is fairly healthy at 96 and is a wonderful source of info with many stories on shore and carrier locations but will not talk about flying as gunner in SBDs and TBFs.

After the South Pacific, he was stationed with CASU 63 at Vernalis NAS, California until October 1945. The base was for training F6F night fighters for the invasion of Japan. Welcome any info on these two units. We can also supply additional personnel for these units. Thanks

 

[Red's girl]

I'm new here and hoping this continues as the thread in this post.
My dad Clarence (Red) Davidson was with CASU 51, mostly in the Carolines and Okinawa. Any information available about this unit. He was a machinist mate, keeping the aircraft in shape for the invasion of the Phillipines.

 

[vikingBerserker]

That's very cool, welcome aboard and a big to your father!

 

[Njaco]

Welcome aboard!

 

[Sistrunk]

fdbrunner: My father, following the sinking of Yorktown CV-5, passed thru CASU-5 , North Island San Diego winding up with CASU-11 on Guadalcanal and then on to CASU-39 on Esperito Santo. I have one photo of the Guadalcanal CPO Mess with 27 individuals in front and one group photo of 58 members of CASU 11 on the 'Canal. The interest in these relatively ignored support units is suprising. Regards, Jim

My father was with CASU 11 during 1943. Any info you have would be greatly appreciated. The thought of seeing him in a photo is breath taking. He never spoke of his service days, sadly. I realize this post is several years old but hope you get the message. Many thanks, Gail

 

[vikingBerserker]

That's awesome Gail, and welcome aboard. Hopefully somebody will be able to post something for you.

 

[TX AG 72]

My grandfather, Lt. Edwin D English left San Diego on Feb 9, 1943 aboard the President Polk as an officer with CASU 11. I am looking at his officers group photo taken the day before. The next photo has the officers with the caption FABU#3. Then there is a goup pic of him with his enlisted men and is dated 1944. There are more photos of him with officers as well as enlisted seamen. He ended his tour in Holtville, CA with CASU 53. I have photos of him at Guadalcanal with several different men. His command was involved in radio maintenance and repair.

 

[Njaco]

Any chance to get those pics scanned and posted?

Welcome aboard TX!

 

[TX AG 72]

Some of the photos are large because of being group shots. I will see what I can do. I would like to e-mail to someone like you and then let you post them in the best manner

 

[Njaco]

Sure, no worries.

[email protected]

 

[TX AG 72]

I have sent you some group photos. Any suggestions on improving quality of scan will be welcomed.

 

[Njaco]

I'll see what I can do!