Alfred Melville Pride (September 10, 1897 – December 24, 1988) was a United States Navy admiral and pioneer naval aviator, who distinguished himself during World War II as an aircraft carrier commander.
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CVA-18) at sea in the Far East on 5 January 1955, at the time of the Tachen Islands evacuation. Wasp, with assigned Air Task Group 1 (ATG-1), was deployed to the Western Pacific from 1 September 1954 to 11 April 1955.
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