Photos Aircraft Carriers

[Redav]

Great aerial shot of USS America (CV-66) and HMS Invincible (R05). No date or place known, possibly off Bosnia.

 

[Redav]

HMS Hermes (R12) in heavy seas. No date must be 1981 to 84.

 

[Redav]

HMS Ark Royal under construction.

 

[F.L.]

French aircraft-carrier Arromanches (R95). In service from 1946 to 1974.
It served as aircraft carrier, helicopter carrier, ASW & training carrier.
In 1956, Arromanches was deployed during the Suez Crisis. On 3 November, 18 F4U Corsairs from Arromanches and La Fayette bombed Egyptian airfields around Cairo.

 

[Redav]

International Naval Review, Hampton Roads, Virginia (USA), 8-17 June 1957. USS Saratoga (CVA-60) to the right, HMS Ark Royal (R09) to the left. In the foreground to the right is the Spanish training schooner Juan Sebastián de Elcano.

 

[santana]

An F-4 Phantom from VF-151 "Vigilantes" falling into the sea after its nose wheel collapsed during launch from the USS Coral Sea. c1970. Thankfully, the crew ejected safely!

 

[Redav]

Commissioning ceremony for USS Yorktown (CV-10) at Norfolk Navy Yard, April 15 1943.

 

[Redav]

HMS Hermes (R12) leaving Pompey circa 1981.

 

[Redav]

Italian aircraft carrier Aquila in dry dock at Genoa in 1942.

Aquila (Italian for "Eagle") was an Italian aircraft carrier converted from the trans-Atlantic passenger liner SS Roma. During World War II, work on Aquila began in late 1941 at the Ansaldo shipyard in Genoa and continued for the next two years. With the signing of the Italian armistice on 8 September 1943, however, all work was halted and the vessel remained unfinished. Aquila was eventually scrapped in 1952.

 

[Redav]

HMS Hermes (R12) prepares to leave Portsmouth Dockyard for the Falkland Islands on April 5, 1982. HMS Invincible (R05) is already on her way.

 

[BravoZulu]

Blackburn Buccaneer attack aircraft on the deck of HMS Victorious, 1965

 

[BravoZulu]

USS Enterprise mechanics working on a Grumman F4F Wildcat in the hangar deck; other spare airframes can be seen hanging from the ceiling, possibly Douglas TBD Devastators. October 1941.

 

[Redav]

July 1982
HMS Hermes returns from the Falklands being escorted by the newly comissioned HMS Illustrious

 

[uktabber]

GREAT photos mate!! God save the King!

 

[santana]

The Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan passes the battleship USS Missouri preserved at Pearl Harbor as a museum.

 

[Bombardier]

Some photos of HMS Illustrious and Ark Royal during my tour of the ship in 2007 at Portsmouth, England
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Inside Illustrious

HMS Ark Royal, taken from the flight deck of HMS illustrious

The flight deck of HMS Ark Royal taken from the flight deck of HMS Illustrious

The Goalkeeper weapon system situated on the bow of HMS Illustrious

HMS Illustrious along side at Portsmouth 2007

And of course a visit to Illustrious would not be complete without a little sit in the Captains chair, made by Rolls Royce

 

[uktabber]

Great Pics!!

 

[Bombardier]

A few more photos from my tour of HMS Illustrious

Ceremonial Cannon on board HMS Illustrious, picture taken 28th August 2007

No collection of pics of the Invincible Class Carrier would be complete without the main Lady.
Photographed at distance in Portsmouth from the bridge of HMS Illustrious on 28th August 2007

Flight Deck repair, HMS Illustrious 2007

20mm gun, HMS Illustrious

 

[Redav]

America's answer to the Soviet Kiev class VTOL carrier: Strike Cruiser Mark II. Ballooning costs put paid to the idea under the Ford Administration in the 1970s.

Photo: CGTrader.com

 

[downsizer]

Some photos of HMS Illustrious and Ark Royal during my tour of the ship in 2007 at Portsmouth, England
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Glad you had a nice time - brings back horrific memories for me. Hating every second i spent on those two boats. F*cking fishheads!