Pour West side navy men are serving aboard the carrier, the USS Ticonderoga. which is part of the powerful Pacific fleet engaged in occupying Japan.Under the operational control of Admiral William P. Halsey, the Ticonderoga, with 16 other | aircraft carriers, 12 battleships, j six escort carriers. 20 cruisers and more than 290 other U. S. ships, is helping take over control of the Japs’ big naval bases.The Ticonderoga participated in the gigantic carrier raid against the Jap naval base at Kure and other installations on the Japanese home island of Honshu during a two-day raid prior to the Japanese surrender.