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HMAS Melbourne, late 70's

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Naval Aviation and Chevy. 1958 Chevrolet Impala Ad Campaign with USS Hancock

 

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HMS Eagle. Ordered by Chile as the battleship Almirante Cochrane, she was purchased by the Royal Navy in 1918 for conversion.

 

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USS Boxer (CV-21) underway off Korea, Aug 6, 1951, with a Grumman F9F-2B Panther and a a F9F-2P.

 

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210328-N-FK754-1128 by U.S. Pacific Fleet, on Flickr

INDIAN OCEAN (March 28, 2021) The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), front, the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), middle, the Indian Navy Shivalik-class guided-missile frigate INS Shivalik (F47), rear, and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59), sail in formation March 28, 2021. The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Eduardo A. Torres)

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INDIAN OCEAN (March 25, 2021) An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the “Black Knights” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 154 approaches the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) March 25, 2021. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Zachary Wheeler)

 

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USS Washington BB-56 with the RN Home Fleet in July 1942
Picture taken from the aircraft carrier HMS Victorious
IWM - Parnall, C H (Lt) Photographer

 

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HMAS Melbourne, late 70's

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She was sold to a Chinese company for scrap. There are reports that it was actually bought by the Chinese in order to study the architecture and systems of a western aircraft carrier.

 

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She was sold to a Chinese company for scrap. There are reports that it was actually bought by the Chinese in order to study the architecture and systems of a western aircraft carrier.

I believe this statement to be true. It is alleged the Chinese tried to copy the steam catapults with zero success.

Tripoli II (LPH-10)

The second U.S. Navy ship named for the joint land-sea operation against Derna during the war between the United States and the Barbary state of Tripoli which resulted in the capture of that fortress city on 27 April 1805. See Tripoli I for elaboration. II (LPH-10: displacement 18,000 (full...

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USS Tripoli (LPH 10) in "parts unknown"....



A U.S. Marine Corps Hawker Siddeley AV-8A Harrier from Marine Attack Squadron 513 (VMA-513) Flying Nightmares takes off from the U.S. Navy helicopter carrier USS Tripoli (LPH-10), in 1974. Note the in-flight refueling probe and the unusual large drop tanks.



The experimental Bell XV-15 aboard Tripoli in 1983



A view of the bow of the amphibious assault ship USS TRIPOLI (LPH-10) in dry dock for repairs of Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard Company (Dubaî) to a hole in its starboard bow caused by an Iraqi mine. The TRIPOLI struck the mine on February 18 while serving as a mine-clearing platform in the northern Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm. The ship was able to continue operations after damage control crews stopped the flooding caused by the explosion.

 

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Comparing the F2H Banshee & the F9F Panther
The McDonnell F2H Banshee was a single-seat carrier-based jet fighter aircraft deployed by the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps from 1948 to 1961. It was one of the primary American fighters used during the Korean War. The Banshee was a straight-winged fighter with two engines, armed with four 20 mm cannons, and could carry eight 60 lb HE rockets or six 500 ib bombs. Length: 48 ft 2 in (14.68 m). Wingspan: 41 ft 9 in (12.73 m). Height: 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m). Max speed: 580 mph (930 km/h, 500 kn) at sea level.
The Grumman F9F Panther is one of the United States Navy's first successful carrier-based jet fighters, as well as Grumman’s first jet fighter. A single-engined, straight-winged day fighter, it was armed with four 20 mm (0.79 in) cannons and could carry a wide assortment of air-to-ground munitions. Length: 38 ft 10 in (11.84 m). Wingspan: 38 ft 0 in (11.58 m). Height: 12 ft 3 in (3.73 m). Max speed: 503 kn (579 mph, 932 km/h) at 5,000 ft (1,500 m).

 

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Majestic Class Light Fleet Carrier HMAS Melbourne pictured c1969.

 

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37 PRINCETON a little album ...these were cleaned up, reworked and re mastered and color balanced ....