Aircraft Carriers: Essex Class
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USS Bon Homme Richard pictured c1955.
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USS Shangri-La pictured at Wolloomooloo, Sydney in May 1947.
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USS Intrepid pictured at Rotterdam in 1958.
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Essex Class Carrier USS Valley Forge pictured as she rounds Diamond Head, Oahu, on May 17th 1949.
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USS Bon Homme Richard in 1957.
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An original colour image of Grumman F6F Hellcats returning from a sortie to USS Lexington CVA-16, Pacific, November 1943.
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USS Hornet pictured at Pearl Harbor on June 1st 1969.
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USS Bon Homme Richard departs San Francisco c 1955.
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USS Valley Forge pictured as she transits the Panama Canal on September 1st 1956.
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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
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
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