PBY-5 Catalina WWII
#otd PBY-5 Catalina attached to PATWING TWO based at Seymour Bay, Galapagos, 17 January 1942 as a crew from USS Richmond CL-9 attempted...
USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CVA-42 (1966)
Per request, here is USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CVA-42 underway in the Gulf of Tonkin with CVW-1 embarked, September 1966. That’s quite a...
USS Langley CV-1 (1925)
A look back at USS Langley CV-1 with a plane landing, 16 January 1925. Note landing signal officer on flight deck as well as her funnels...
USS Alabama BB-60 (1943)
We look back at USS Alabama BB-60 during a shakedown period battle practice, January 1943. Note 16"/45 guns, Mk. 38 director atop her...
USS Coral Sea CVA-43 (1966)
#otd USS Coral Sea CVA-43 leaving Pearl Harbor for WestPac deployment, 16 January 1965. #usscoralsea #cva43 #navalsafari #aviationsafari...
TBF’s flying over Hawaii (1944)
#otd Three TBF-1C’s of VT-32 from USS Langley CVL-27 fly over Oahu, 16 January 1944. #tbf #vt32 #usslangley #cvl27 #oahu #wwii...
USS Point Loma AGDS-2 (1977)
#otd USS Point Loma AGDS-2 ballasted down off Santa Catalina, California, 16 January 1977. This was her final role as a deep submergence...
USS Antietam CVA-36 (1953)
#otd USS Antietam CVA-36 underway off the Virginia Capes on 14 January 1953, during tests of that ship's new angled deck. What aircraft...
USCGC Bibb WPG-31 (1937)
#otd USCGC Bibb WPG-31 was launched, 14 January 1937 at the Charleston, South Carolina, Navy Yard. #uscgcbibb #wpg31 #uscg #navalsafari...
Construction of USS John F. Kennedy CVN-79
A look back to 2019 with the island of the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy CVN-79 being landed onto the flight deck during a...
