The aircraft carrier returned home in April and rejoined the Pacific Reserve Fleet briefly.
She was reactivated later that summer and, in August, transited the Panama Canal to join the Atlantic Fleet.
In September, the warship entered the New York Naval Shipyard for major alterations.
In October, she was redesignated an attack aircraft carrier, CVA-36.
In December 1952 Antietam emerged from the yard as the world's first carrier with a true angled flight deck.
The principle had been tried on other carriers with lines painted on an axis deck.
Antietam's deck was based on a rudimentary sponson.
The installation allowed for true angle deck tests, including arrested landings.
Trials with British and US units proved during trials to be superior to the usual fore-aft deck.
She operated out of Quonset Point, Rhode Island, until the beginning of 1955.
During the intervening years, she participated in numerous fleet and independent ship's exercises.
Detachment #39 from VC-4, NAS Atlantic City was sent out on the Antietam on June 9, 1953.
The stated purpose was to show off the canted deck capabilities to the Royal Navy.
 There were two aircraft with pilots and 13 enlisted men.

The two Douglas F3D Skyknights were piloted by Lt.
Jg.
Bruce B. Sheppard and Lt.
Jg.
Eric H. Steentofte.
 The enlisted radar operators were Aviation electronics technician third class (AT3) Ron Ames and AT3 Jim Abbott.
 In those days the Navy didn't have Radar Operators yet.
They used enlisted radar techs to fly the right seat as radar operators.
There were multiple flying days on the trip across.
The pilots had a gunnery run and strafed the sea until the 20 mm guns jammed.
 Daily flights  continued until arrival at Portsmouth.

Two days of flight operation took place with all sorts of Royal Navy aircraft making touch and go's.
The F3D's were used to give Royal Navy VIP's catapult shots and arrested landings.

The VC-4 pilots were air lifted back to the states on July 3 and the F3D's were off loaded and flown back to Atlantic City from Rhode Island.

After August 1953, during which time she was redesignated an Anti-submarine warfare carrier (ASW), CVS-36 Antietam concentrated up on honing her hunter/killer skills.
The aircraft carrier returned home in April and rejoined the Pacific Reserve Fleet briefly. She was reactivated later that summer and, in August, transited the Panama Canal to join the Atlantic Fleet. In September, the warship entered the New York Naval Shipyard for major alterations. In October, she was redesignated an attack aircraft carrier, CVA-36. In December 1952 Antietam emerged from the yard as the world's first carrier with a true angled flight deck. The principle had been tried on other carriers with lines painted on an axis deck. Antietam's deck was based on a rudimentary sponson. The installation allowed for true angle deck tests, including arrested landings. Trials with British and US units proved during trials to be superior to the usual fore-aft deck. She operated out of Quonset Point, Rhode Island, until the beginning of 1955. During the intervening years, she participated in numerous fleet and independent ship's exercises. Detachment #39 from VC-4, NAS Atlantic City was sent out on the Antietam on June 9, 1953. The stated purpose was to show off the canted deck capabilities to the Royal Navy.  There were two aircraft with pilots and 13 enlisted men.
The two Douglas F3D Skyknights were piloted by Lt. Jg. Bruce B. Sheppard and Lt. Jg. Eric H. Steentofte.  The enlisted radar operators were Aviation electronics technician third class (AT3) Ron Ames and AT3 Jim Abbott.  In those days the Navy didn't have Radar Operators yet. They used enlisted radar techs to fly the right seat as radar operators. There were multiple flying days on the trip across. The pilots had a gunnery run and strafed the sea until the 20 mm guns jammed.  Daily flights  continued until arrival at Portsmouth.
Two days of flight operation took place with all sorts of Royal Navy aircraft making touch and go's. The F3D's were used to give Royal Navy VIP's catapult shots and arrested landings.
The VC-4 pilots were air lifted back to the states on July 3 and the F3D's were off loaded and flown back to Atlantic City from Rhode Island.
After August 1953, during which time she was redesignated an Anti-submarine warfare carrier (ASW), CVS-36 Antietam concentrated up on honing her hunter/killer skills.
USS Antietam (CV-36)