Photos Aircraft Carriers



USS Lake Champlain (CV 39) In port, Sasebo, Japan. USS Point Cruz (CVE-119) is in the background. circa 1952-53

The "Champ" was the only carrier of the class in commission in the 1960's that never received the angled deck conversion, remaining with a straight deck until decommissioned. ESSEX and the Champ shared the carrier pier in Quonset Point Rhode Island in the 60's.
 
E.J. I posted those pictures of carriers inport in Yokosuka because I when I was stationed in Yokosuka I knew a Master Chief Bostwain mate who had been stationed in Yokosuka since 1953 or so....yea 20 years +. He had some great sea stories to tell about when Yokosuka was the #1 liberty port in WESPAC.

When I see the ships inport I can imagine all the sailors on liberty on the Honcho/Thieves Alley..just having a good time...oh so long ago...

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USS Princeton (CV-37) dockside, Yokosuka, Japan, 1951.

Planes on deck are from Carrier Air Group (CVG) 19. CVG-19 deployed to Korea, aboard Princeton, 9 November 1950–29 May 1951 (and again between 21 March and 3 November 1952)
 
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F14 Tomcat stares down F/A 18 Hornet. No matter how more capable, the F14 will loose her job to the F/A 18, not because of competency but because the F18's salary (operating costs) is much lower.

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Two F4U-5N Corsair fighters of squadron VC-3 fly past Boxer (CV-21) during combat operations off Korea. Photo is dated 4 September 1951. These planes are Bureau #'s 124537 (left) and 124539. Their pilots are Lt. John D. ELy, USNR, and Lt(JG) J.G. Stranlund, USNR. Official U.S. Navy photograph

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USS Carl Vinson Heading out of San Diego into a Fog Bank - 1/18/2021.

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HMS Queen Elizabeth departs from Portsmouth 1/3/21, UK. Jake Corben pictures.

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Four different generations of aircraft carriers from Battle Force Zulu steamed in formation after the cease-fire that ended Operation Desert Storm: USS Midway (CV-41), USS Ranger (CV-61), USS America (CV-66) and USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).
March 2nd 1991.

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USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) at anchor off Monaco, on 3 April 1983, during her global circumnavigation. The separate mast now supports an SPS-49 radar. Aircraft from CVW-15 are assembled on the flight deck. Note the port side antenna group for ECCM purposes, belonging to the SLQ-17 system, suspended well outboard near catapults Nos. 3 and 4. As in Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), Carl Vinson was at the time equipped with only one Van Horn bridle retrieval catcher for catapult No.1. Photo courtesy of Pradignac et Leo.
Image scanned from from Aircraft Carriers of the U.S. Navy, by Stefan Terzibaschitsc

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USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) underway off the Virginia coast during sea trials, 26 January 1982.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the the Department of Defense Still Media Collection (photo # DN-SC-82-03838).

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FA-18C/D Hornets have ended their almost four-decade tenure aboard the aircraft carriers of the U.S. Navy. The final carrier deployment by the "Legacy Hornet" has officially concluded after the return of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323, or VMFA-323, the “Death Rattlers,” from its final cruise aboard the supercarrier USS Nimitz.

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Philippine Sea - Ronald Reagan and Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike groups, break away while the Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike group continues to sail ahead following the photo portion of Exercise Valiant Shield 2006.

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Great shot of the Carrier USS Carl Vinson from a diver early in a "swim Call" as the Sailors start to come out for jump into the warm Med

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CVG-15 Skyraiders of the attack and airborne early warning variety trail an E-1 Tracer as the propeller-driven aircraft fly formation over the Western Pacific while operating from USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) in May 1962.

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The crew of the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV-41) mans the rails as the ship arrives at the naval station. The MIDWAY, which has been based in Japan since 1973, is en route from Naval Station, Yokosuka, Japan, to Naval Air Station, North Island, California, where it will be decommissioned in the spring of 1992. The USS ARIZONA Memorial is in the background at upper right, 8/23/1991
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