U. S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER SHIP HISTORY (1920 TO 2019)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

CHAPTER XXIII - U. S. COMMISSIONED AIRCRAFT CARRIERS PHOTOS

(1920 to 2019) Photos - Part 2 of 2

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Operations Evening Light and Eagle Claw, A Sailors tale of his Tour of duty in the U.S. Navy (August 1977 to February 1983)

 

A Sailors tale of his Tour of duty in the U.S. Navy (August 1977 to February 1983) Operation Evening Light and Eagle Claw - 24 April 1980

 

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Operations Evening Light and Eagle Claw (24 April 1980) Iran and Air Arm History (1941 to Present)

 

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U. S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER SHIP HISTORY (1920 TO 2019)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

CHAPTER XXIII - U. S. COMMISSIONED AIRCRAFT CARRIERS PHOTOS

(1920 to 2019) Photos - Part 2 of 2

 

 

USS Langley (CV-1)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv1_langley2.jpg

 

USS Langley (CV-1) c1928

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv1_langley_ph1928.jpg

 

USS Langley (CV-1) - See also (AV-3)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv1_langley.jpg

 

USS Lexington (CV-2)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv2_lexington.jpg

 

USS Saratoga (CV-3) - SBD, F4F and TBD on deck. - c1941-42

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/w2_cv3_saratoga_sbd_f4f_tbd_c1941.JPG

 

USS Saratoga (CV3)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv3_saratoga.jpg

 

USS Ranger (CV-4) - F3F on deck c1941

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv4_ranger_1941.jpg

 

USS Yorktown (CV-5) - c1937

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv5_yorktown_1937.jpg

 

USS Yorktown (CV-5) - NAS North Island August 1941 - F3F forward & F4F aft

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv5_yorktown_1940.jpg

 

USS Enterprise (CV-6)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv6_enterprise.jpg

 

USS Enterprise (CV-6) - October 1939

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv6_enterprise_10-1939_nara.jpg

 

USS Wasp (CV-7) - c1940

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv7_wasp_c1940.jpg

 

USS Wasp (CV-7) - May 1942

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv7_wasp_5-42_nara.jpg

 

USS Hornet (CV-8) - October 1941

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv8_hornet_10-1941_nara.jpg

 

USS Essex (CV-9) - Korea c1951

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv9_essex_c1951-korea.jpg

 

USS Essex (CVS-9)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cvs9_essex.jpg

 

USS Yorktown (CVA-10) - c1953

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cva10_yorktown_1953.jpg

 

USS Yorktown (CVS-10) - c1960

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cvs10_yorktown_1960.jpg

 

USS Intrepid (CV-11)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv11_intrepid.jpg

 

USS Hornet (CV-12)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv12_hornet.jpg

http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/021201.gif

 

USS Franklin (CV-13)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv13_franklin.jpg

 

USS Franklin (CV-13)

http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/021301.jpg

 

USS Franklin (CV-13)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv13_franklin_2.jpg

 

USS Ticonderoga (CV-14)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv14_ticonderoga.jpg

 

USS Randolph (CV-15)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv15_randolf.gif

 

USS Lexington (CV-16)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv16_lexington.jpg

 

USS Lexington (CV-16)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv16_lexington_clr.jpg

 

USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv17_bunkerhill.jpg

 

USS Wasp (CV-18)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv18_wasp.jpg

 

USS Wasp (CV-18)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv18_wasp_2.jpg

 

USS Hancock (CV-19)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv19_hancock.jpg

 

USS Bennington (CV-20)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv20_bennington_1968.jpg

 

USS Boxer (CV-21) - F4U - Korea 1951

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv21_boxer_f4u-cosairs_korea-1951.JPG

 

USS Independence (CVL-22) - July 1943

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cvl22_independence_7-1943_nara.jpg

 

USS Princeton (CVL-23) - May 1943

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cvl23_princeton_5-43.jpg

 

USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) - December 1943

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cvl24_belleau-wood_12-1943_nara.jpg

 

USS Cowpens (CVL-25) - July 1943

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cvl25_cowpens_7-1943_nara.jpg

 

USS Monterey (CVL-26) - January 1953

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cvl26_monterey_1-1953_nara.jpg

 

USS Langley (CVL-27) - February 1944

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cvl27_langley_2-1944_nara.jpg

 

USS Cabot (CVL-28) - c1943

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cvl28_cabot_1943.jpg

 

USS Cabot (CVL-28) - July 1945

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cvl28_cabot_7-1945_nara.jpg

 

USS Bataan (CVL-29)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cvl29_bataan_.jpg

 

USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) - January 1944

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cvl30_san-jacinto_1-1944_nara.jpg

 

USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv31_bonhommerichard.jpg

 

USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cva31_bonhommerichard.jpg

 

USS Leyte (CV-32)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv32_leyte.jpg

 

USS Leyte (CV-32)

http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/023218.jpg

 

USS Kearsarge (CV-33)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv33_kearsarge.jpg

 

USS Kearsarge (CVA-33) - Korean War

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cva33_kearsarge_korea.JPG

 

USS Kearsarge (CVA-33) - Korean War

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cva33_kearsarge-b_korea.JPG

 

USS Oriskany (CV-34)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv34_oriskany.jpg

 

USS Oriskany (CVA-34) - Rounds Cape Horn – 1952

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cva34_oriskany_cape-horn_1952.JPG

 

USS Oriskany (CVA-34) - Japan – 1952

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cva34_oriskany_japan_1952.JPG

 

USS Reprisal (CV-35) - Never Commissioned

 

USS Antietam (CVS-36)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cvs36_antietam_c195x.jpg

 

USS Princeton (CV-37) - F9F jettison fuel – Korea

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv37_princeton_f9f-panthers-defuel_korea.JPG

 

USS Princeton (CV-37)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv37_princeton.jpg

 

USS Princeton (CV-37) - Korea 1953

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv37_princeton_korea-1953.JPG

 

USS Shangri-La (CVA-38)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cva38_shangri-la.jpg

 

USS Shangri-La (CV-38)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv38_shangri-la_.jpg

 

USS Lake Champlain (CVS-39)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cvs39_lake-champlain_a.jpg

 

USS Lake Champlain (CVS-39)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cvs39_lakechamplain.jpg

 

USS Tarawa (CV-40)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv40_tarawa.jpg

 

USS Midway (CV-41)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv41_midway.jpg

 

USS Roosevelt (CV-42)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv42_roosevelt.jpg

 

USS Roosevelt (CVA-42)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cva42_fd-roosevelt_a.jpg

 

USS Roosevelt (CVA-42) - Loading F8F Bearcats

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cva42_fd-roosevelt_f8f.jpg

 

USS Coral Sea (CV-43)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv43_coralsea.jpg

 

USS Coral Sea (CV-43)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv43_coral-sea_a.jpg

 

Unnamed (CV-44) - Never started

 

USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) c1956

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cvs45_valleyforge_1956.jpg

 

Iwo Jima (CV-46) - Never Completed, Scrapped

 

USS Philippine Sea (CV-47)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv47_philippinesea.jpg

 

USS Saipan (CVL-48)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cvl48_saipan.jpg

 

USS Wright (CVL-49)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cvl49_wright_rep.jpg

 

Unnamed (CV-50) to (CV-57) - Never started

 

United States (CV-58) - Never Completed, Scrapped

 

USS Forrestal (CV-59)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv59_forrestal.gif

 

USS Saratoga (CV-60)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv60_saratoga2.jpg

 

USS Saratoga (CV-60)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv60_saratoga.jpg

 

USS Saratoga (CVA-60)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cva60_saratoga.jpg

 

USS Ranger (CVA-61)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cva61_ranger_bow.jpg

 

USS Ranger (CVA-61)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv61_ranger.jpg

 

USS Ranger (CVA-61) - Car City

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv61_ranger_cars.jpg

 

USS Independence (CV-62)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv62_independence.jpg

 

USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cva63_kittyhawk.jpg

 

USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv63_kittyhawk.jpg

 

USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) - ROKN Submarine

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv63_kittyhawk_rkn_sub.jpg

 

USS Constellation (CV-64)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv64_constellation.jpg

 

USS Constellation (CV-64) - circa 1977

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv64_constellation_1977.jpg

 

USS Constellation (CV-64)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cv64_constellation_sundwn.jpg

 

USS Enterprise (CVN-65)

http://www.news.navy.mil/list_single.asp?id=37325

 

USS America (CV-66)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cva66_america_.jpg

 

USS John F. Kennedy (CVA-67)

http://www.bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/cv/cva67_jf-kennedy2.jpg

 

USS Nimitz (CVN 68)

 

Good overhead image, showing the overall details of the Nimitz-class. Picture taken sometime in 1975-1977, with Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) aboard. NS026803 125k. USN. http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/026803.jpg

 

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)

 

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) alongside the nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser USS California (CGN-36) whilst on a training exercise in the Caribbean in 1978. NS026942. Submitted by: Robert Hurst.  http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/026942.jpg

 

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)

http://www.military.cz/usa/navy/uss/carriers/ike/ike.jpg

http://search.live.com/images/results.aspx?q=uss+dwight+d+eisenhower&mkt=en-us#

 

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)

 

Norfolk, Va., June 10, 1998 — The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) gets a little shove out to sea as she departs for a scheduled six-month deployment to the Mediterranean. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Ronald Strickland (# 980610-N-2114S-037). http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/026907.jpg

 

USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)

 

The Western Pacific Ocean, Feb. 10, 2003 — The guided missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG-61) takes on fuel from the starboard side of the fast combat support ship USS Sacramento (AOE-1) while the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson receives cargo via Vertical Replenishment (VERTREP) during a Replenishment at Sea (RAS). U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Dustin Howell (030210-N-3241H-122). NS027016. USN. http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/027016.jpg

 

USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)

 

Nice picture of Carl Vinson about to go under the Golden Gate Bridge, In San Francisco http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/027002.jpg

 

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)

 

071112-N-5384B-204 PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 12, 2007) Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) participates in a strait transit exercise with Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9. Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9 is off the coast of Southern California participating in Composite Training Unit Exercise. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Justin R. Blake (RELEASED)

https://navcms.news.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=52709

 

USS George Washington (CVN-73)

 

With her crew manning the rails, USS George Washington (CVN-73) heads out to sea on January 26, 1996, at the commencement of a scheduled six-month deployment to the Mediterranean. USS George Washington, commanded by CAPT Malcolm P. Branch, would be operating in the Adriatic Sea in support of the NATO peace keeping Operation Joint Endeavor. U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Craig McClure (# 960126-N-6442M-002). NS027342. Submitted by: Bill Gonyo. http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/027342.jpg

 

USS George Washington (CVN-73)

http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/027381.jpg

 

USS George Washington (CVN-73)

 

USS George Washington (CVN-73) transits the Pacific Ocean during carrier flight qualifications, 28 August 2008. The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier was transiting the coast of Southern California conducting her combat operations efficiency evaluation with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5. George Washington was en route to Yokosuka, Japan, where she would replace USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) as the Navy's only forward deployed aircraft carrier. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist Second Class Clifford L. H. Davis (#080828-N-9565D-061). NS027397. Submitted by: Ron Reeves. http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/027397.jpg

 

Washington will head to Newport News, Va. for its multi-billion nuclear refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH). Roosevelt will take over Reagan’s berth in San Diego, Calif. The Washington Carrier Strike Group (CSG) includes guided missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG-54) and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) and USS Preble (DDG-88).

http://news.usni.org/2015/05/19/carrier-george-washington-leaves-japan-for-the-last-time-as-forward-deployed-cvn

http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/aircraft_carriers/uss_george_washington_cvn_73_page_3.htm

 

USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74)

 

USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) transits the Strait of Malacca, 9 September 2011, after leaving Port Klang, Malaysia. The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group was on a scheduled Western Pacific Ocean and Persian Gulf deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Benjamin Crossley (# 110909-N-BT887-171). NS027480. USN. http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/027480.jpg

 

HASC Seapower Mark Preserves George Washington Carrier Refueling” (Ref. [53] of 379C - By: Dave Majumdar-April 30, 2014 7:10 AM). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_George_Washington_%28CVN-73%29

 

USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75)

 

USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), foreground, and USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) transit during a turnover of responsibility in the Arabian Sea, 22 March 2014. TheNimitz-class aircraft carriers support maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet Area Of Responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by LT Juan David Guerra (# 140322-N-AP620-071). NS027575. Submitted by: Ron Reeves. http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/027575.jpg

 

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)

 

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) underway in the 7th Fleet Area Of Responsibility, in the Pacific Ocean, 12 March 2011, directed to Japan, following an 8.9 earthquake and tsunami, to render humanitarian assistance and disaster relief as directed. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Dylan McCord (#110312-N-SB672-108). NS027693. Submitted by: Ron Reeves. http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/027693.jpg

 

USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77)

 

090407-N-5735P-067 - ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 7, 2009) The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) is underway from Naval Station Norfolk conducting acceptance trials and the Board of Inspections and Survey to test the ship's material conditions and readiness. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st class Demetrius L. Patton/Released) http://www.cnaf.navy.mil/content.aspx?PhotoID=1268 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_George_H.W._Bush_(CVN-77).jpg

 

The U.S. Navy flight demonstration squadron, the "Blue Angels," fly in the Delta Formation over USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) off the Florida coast near Mayport Naval Station, 10 December 2013. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Terrence Siren (# 131210-N-KG934-050). NS027757. Submitted by: Bob Haner. http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/027757.jpg

http://www.public.navy.mil/airfor/cvn77/PublishingImages/front_page.jpg

 

George Washington Completes SCOOP” (Ref. Story Number: NNS170508-18 - Release Date: 5/8/2017 9:49:00 AM - By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Bryan Mai, USS George Washington Public Affairs, NORFOLK (NNS)). https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=100337

 

GW Transits to NNS to begin RCOH” (Ref. 76 & Story Number: NNS170810-16 - Release Date: 8/10/2017 3:55:00 PM - By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Shayla D. Hamilton, USS George Washington (CVN 73) Public Affairs, NORFOLK (NNS)). https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=101805

 

Reaching New Milestones George Washington Gets Her Anchors Back” (Ref. Story Number: NNS190624-14 - Release Date: 6/24/2019 1:46:00 PM - By Mass Communication 3rd Class Michael Botts, USS George Washington (CVN 73) Public Affairs, NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (NNS)).

https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=110008