USS Washington BB-56 and USS Enterprise CV-6 passing through the Panama Canal enroute to the East Coast after the Japanese surrender - October 1945.
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TBF Avenger landing on USS Yorktown -- across the bow, not the stern!
The Essex class carrier was steaming in reverse and achieving about 20 knots when this photo was taken in July of 1943.
Most aircraft carriers of the United States Navy were designed to recover aircraft from the bow as an emergency measure. The carriers even had a seperate set of arresting wires at the bow to enable this. Bow recoveries were practiced at times.
The Essex class carrier was steaming in reverse and achieving about 20 knots when this photo was taken in July of 1943.
Most aircraft carriers of the United States Navy were designed to recover aircraft from the bow as an emergency measure. The carriers even had a seperate set of arresting wires at the bow to enable this. Bow recoveries were practiced at times.
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USS Shaw, the day after the Day of Infamy.
Remember Pearl Harbor.
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I found the animation part showing how the guns are loaded to be really informative.
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I found the animation part showing how the guns are loaded to be really informative.
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1944, the "Murderers' Row" of Third Fleet aircraft carriers were at anchor in Ulithi Atoll. From front to back: USS Wasp (CV-18), USS Yorktown (CV-10), USS Hornet (CV-12), USS Hancock (CV-19) and USS Ticonderoga (CV-14).
Back in October my brother and I went upstate New York to tour Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain.
Big fight there between the French and British and then the British and Patriot forces.
There is a museum there that artifacts from the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga.
Fun Facts......
Big fight there between the French and British and then the British and Patriot forces.
There is a museum there that artifacts from the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga.
Fun Facts......