Lewin of Greenwich Naval History & Forum

Posted: **Fri Jan 14, 2022 3:50 am**

USS Bon Homme Richard pictured c1955.

Posted: **Mon Jan 17, 2022 4:07 am**

USS Shangri-La pictured at Wolloomooloo, Sydney in May 1947.

Posted: **Mon Feb 07, 2022 4:54 am**

USS Intrepid pictured at Rotterdam in 1958.

Posted: **Fri Feb 11, 2022 11:51 pm**

Essex Class Carrier USS Valley Forge pictured as she rounds Diamond Head, Oahu, on May 17th 1949.

Posted: **Sun Feb 20, 2022 7:38 am**

USS Bon Homme Richard in 1957.

Posted: **Thu Feb 24, 2022 6:05 am**

An original colour image of Grumman F6F Hellcats returning from a sortie to USS Lexington CVA-16, Pacific, November 1943.

Posted: **Wed Mar 02, 2022 6:40 am**

USS Hornet pictured at Pearl Harbor on June 1st 1969.

Posted: **Wed Mar 09, 2022 6:08 am**

USS Bon Homme Richard departs San Francisco c 1955.

Posted: **Mon Mar 14, 2022 6:49 am**

USS Valley Forge pictured as she transits the Panama Canal on September 1st 1956.

Posted: **Mon Mar 14, 2022 2:23 pm**

The VALLEY FORGE was the first operational carrier I ever remember seeing. IIRC, she was docked in NYC in 1956 one weekend when my dad and I went into the city to see what we could at the docks. My interest in ships/warships was starting and New York harbor in the mid 50s was a GR8 place to go looking!

Little did I know that less than a decade later I would also be a MARINE, like the VALLEY FORGE's "main battery" had become: helo bourne MARINES to envelope past the beachs! Nice theory, but........ DFO

Lewin of Greenwich Naval History & Forum

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