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On May 26, 1954 the USS BENNINGTON CV-20 suffered an explosion which claimed the lives of over 100 men and officers. This was the second worst ship disaster not involving enemy action at the time.
26 May 1954 Explosion - HISTORY - USS BENNINGTON
USS BENNINGTON CV/CVA/CVS 20 Her History and her Crew 1944 - 1994
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Hey wait a minute..we have a thread about fires aboard carriers;
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hello everyone, just been reading a article about some terrible happenings aborad aircraft carriers; https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a14416145/fire-on-the-flight-deck/ Just wonder if @bdpopeye would ever remember these happenings?
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ESSEX WWII
These shots are often credited to ESSEX, but ESSEX never got the athwartships catapult in the hangar bay. She was commissioned without cats, got a single short cat in Pearl Harbor, and finished the war with only the one cat. There were two H-8 cats in Bremerton that were finally installed after the war. She was decommissioned with the hydraulic cats as well, never getting the steam cat upgrade. These pics are actually from Hornet but often credited to ESSEX
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There were originally no flight deck tractors. Planes were pushed manually from place to place. The story has it that the "plane pushers" comshawed a couple jeeps from a bunch that were on the pier when they got to Pearl. The metal shop rigged up towbars and away they went. No one questioned it. The fleet admiral wanted to see how ESSEX could be so fast at launching, visited ESSEX for a look-see. Shortly after, there were jeeps and towmotors assigned to all the carriers in the fleet.
Ready for launch
Disengaging the tailhook.
Checking guns
At Pearl Aug 8, 1943
These shots are often credited to ESSEX, but ESSEX never got the athwartships catapult in the hangar bay. She was commissioned without cats, got a single short cat in Pearl Harbor, and finished the war with only the one cat. There were two H-8 cats in Bremerton that were finally installed after the war. She was decommissioned with the hydraulic cats as well, never getting the steam cat upgrade. These pics are actually from Hornet but often credited to ESSEX
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There were originally no flight deck tractors. Planes were pushed manually from place to place. The story has it that the "plane pushers" comshawed a couple jeeps from a bunch that were on the pier when they got to Pearl. The metal shop rigged up towbars and away they went. No one questioned it. The fleet admiral wanted to see how ESSEX could be so fast at launching, visited ESSEX for a look-see. Shortly after, there were jeeps and towmotors assigned to all the carriers in the fleet.
Ready for launch
Disengaging the tailhook.
Checking guns
At Pearl Aug 8, 1943
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Morning guys, I thought I would share some pictures of my first interaction with US Carriers, I think it was Rimpac 75 - Pearl Harbor the USS Kittyhawk CV63. I was "Gob smacked"it was HUGE!!! I was aboard the HMAS Melbourne about 1/3 the size of the Kittyhawk, I had a couple of photos of them alongside but I can't find them, I will search through my pics and see if I still have them. In the meantime here are a few Kittyhawk and USS America pics to check out.
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SAN DIEGO (Feb. 26, 2021) Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) arrives Naval Air Station North Island, February 26. Nimitz Carrier Strike Group returned after a more than 10-month deployment to U.S. 5th Fleet and U.S. 7th Fleet, which included freedom of navigation operations and participation in Operations Freedom’s Sentinel, Inherent Resolve and Octave Quartz. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Timothy Heaps)
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That thread has been dormant for a few years and unless anyone objects, I'll merge that one into thisHey wait a minute..we have a thread about fires aboard carriers;
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hello everyone, just been reading a article about some terrible happenings aborad aircraft carriers; https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a14416145/fire-on-the-flight-deck/ Just wonder if @bdpopeye would ever remember these happenings?
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Sorry @Hump, I joined in 74, first sea draft in 75 but didn't get to RIMPAC till 82
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You gotta love the images of those "Tomcats" on the flight deck, my personal favourite fighter of all time, I was really sorry to see them go but I was also surprised to hear from Popeyes thread about the maintenance issues with them. Still the best of the best as far as I'm concerned though.
Just my 2 cents lol
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More ESSEX CV9, WWII
Aug 1943
1945 Radar tracking Japanese aircraft
Repair party in action
Port side sponson as commissioned
Island rig, April 1944
Inboard side 1944
1943 Island rig
Refueling from USS Guadalupe, Aug 1943
Respotting deck for landings, the old fashond way.
Take-offs and landings Aug 1943.
Stern and bow shots, as commissioned, Dec 1942
Inclining Dec 1942
Gunnery crew, 1943
Tilly in action
Aug 1943
1945 Radar tracking Japanese aircraft
Repair party in action
Port side sponson as commissioned
Island rig, April 1944
Inboard side 1944
1943 Island rig
Refueling from USS Guadalupe, Aug 1943
Respotting deck for landings, the old fashond way.
Take-offs and landings Aug 1943.
Stern and bow shots, as commissioned, Dec 1942
Inclining Dec 1942
Gunnery crew, 1943
Tilly in action
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USS Siboney CVE-112 during testing of Marine Helicopter Operations from a carrier in 1951, the Helicopters are Piasecki models HRP-1 and HRP-2, Note USS O'Hare DD-889 following
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