Photos Aircraft Carriers

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USS Casablanca (CVE-55) on August 15, 1944, in Astoria from the bow. The camouflage pattern worn by Casablanca again is 32/12A.
Photo source: NARA 80-G-245593.

 

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USS Enterprise

 

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The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) successfully completes the third and final scheduled explosive event for Full Ship Shock Trials while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, Aug. 8, 2021. The U.S. Navy conducts shock trials of new ship designs using live explosives to confirm that our warships can continue to meet demanding mission requirements under harsh conditions they may encounter in battle. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jackson Adkins)

 

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Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) aircraft fly over USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) in the Persian Gulf on 1 May 1994.

 

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In 1944, USS Intrepid (CV-11) was struck in the stern by a torpedo that jammed the rudder to port. To help control the carrier, a sail fashioned from hatch covers was rigged in the forecastle. Intrepid then travelled 3,500 miles back to Pearl Harbor.

 

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E-2C’s from VAW-123 “The Screwtops”, USS Enterprise (CVN-65)

 

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Italian Aircraft Carrier Cavour and 2×AV-8B Harrier VTOL aircrafts flying side by side. Cavour is the flagship of the Italian Navy [Marina Militare] This ship can carry 15× AV-8B or F-35 Lighting II and 12× AW-101 Merlin Multi Purpose Helicopters.
Soon These AV-8B will be replaced by F-35B.

 

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Engine of a F-14B Tomcat (VF-32 / CVW-3) embarked on USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) - 2005

 

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USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), 1974. View from behind a Fighter-Squadron One, VF-1, F-14A “Tomcat” fighter aircraft being hoisted onboard the carrier at Naval Air Station, Alameda, California.
Photographed by PH2 Paul Burns, September 14, 1974 Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

 

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CVA-34 "Oriskany" in 1953.

 

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CV-33 "Kearsarge" in the mid-fifties.

 

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F-14A-125-GR BuNo. 161621
VF-154 CAG bird overflys USS Kitty Hawk, CV-63, during the summer of 1999. The aircraft wears a '1000' modex, perhaps to indicate the occupant is about to complete their 1000th trap. Above the modex is the name Dirk, all of VF-154's aircraft being named at present. Also on the front fuselage are the Battle E, Safety S, Clifton and Boola-Boola awards, which VF-154 won for 1998. On the tail is the legend 'BKR', Black Knights Rule.
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"Within one week of finishing the F-14 RAG, I was assigned to the Aadvarks of VF-114. The squadron and CAG-11 were on work-ups to deploy aboard USS America in 1981. Events were moving quickly and here I am manning up for a morning launch on America. I was able to secure a coveted orange flight suit but it took some time to get my helmet into the riggers for painting and Zot-ting. The XO eventually made my helmet rebranding happen faster. As you can see, I'm pretty happy to be strapped into a Vark jet. And the photographer (and life long wingman), Jim Ray, was also launching with VF-213. The "Death Section" would fly together for the next 3 years, making Cold War memories."

Ken Sullivan

 

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From the film "The Bridges at Toko-Ri" (1954)

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From below on the Seventh Deck were everything hummed, to all the way above on the 010 level and the UHF Radio Room Two, Radar Room One, and the ECM Room Four. To all the way forward to Secondary Conn at the bow, and all the way aft to the Jet Engine Shop at the ship's stern. The FORRESTAL Crew Members made the USS FORRESTAL meet all her assigned commitments.

 

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USS Ronald Reagan​

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) is a Nimitz-class, nuclear-powered supercarrier in the service of the United States Navy. As the ninth ship of her class, she is named in honor of Ronald W. Reagan, President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. She was built at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia, and was commissioned on 12 July 2003.

The USS Ronald Reagan made five deployments to the Pacific and Middle East between 2006 and 2011 while based at Naval Air Station North Island. In October 2015, Ronald Reagan replaced USS George Washington as the flagship of Carrier Strike Group Five, the only forward-based carrier strike group home-ported at Yokosuka, Japan, as part of the United States Seventh Fleet. Since 2016, Ronald Reagan has embarked on short annual summer patrols of the Western Pacific in the United States Seventh Fleet area of operation.


The Ronald Reagan is the first aircraft carrier and the first nuclear-powered warship, of any type, to be named in honor of a living former president. Unlike most of the other men honored by inclusion in this group, Reagan was not associated with the United States Navy, apart from his term as Commander-in-Chief, though one of his key initiatives in office was the 600-ship Navy program.