Flight Ops aboard USS Saratoga CV-3 (1934)
#otd Boeing F4B-4 taking off over the stern, as the USS Saratoga CV-3 as she makes 15 knots astern, 17 May 1934. #usssaratoga #cv3 #f4b...
Sub Hunting in the Aleutians
#otd A U.S. Navy destroyer drops depth charges on a suspected submarine contact off Attu while covering the invasion of that island, 13...
Launching into the weekend!
Let’s launch into the weekend with a Turkey ready to go aboard USS Saratoga in 1986. #f14 #f14tomcat #tomcat #usssaratoga #cv60 #flynavy...
USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 (1977)
Flashback to 1977 with USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 fresh out of over haul with NATO Sea Sparrow launchers installed. Now check out the variety...
USS America CV-66 underway
Here is a look at USS America CV-66 underway in the early 80’s. #ussamerica #cv66 #navalsafari #aviationsafari #aviationpreservation...
Vigilante Launch
How about some Vigilante action? Here is a look back at an RA-5C being launched off of a waist cat from USS America CVA-66. #ussamerica...
USS Goff DD-247 (1932)
#otd USS Goff DD-247 backs away from a pier, prior to departing the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania on 5 May 1932. Note the band...
USS Emory H Land AS-3 Launch
#otd USS Emory H. Land AS-39 after launching, at the Lockheed Shipyard, Seattle, Washington, 4 May 1977. #ussemoryland #as39 #suptender...
Rough landing
#otd a T3M-2 flown by Lieutenant Hamilton, USN, of Torpedo Squadron 2. The accident happened upon landing aboard a carrier on 2 May 1928,...
USS Iowa BB-61 (1943)
A look back at USS Iowa BB-61 making smoke from No. 2 Stack, during her shakedown period, circa May 1943. #ussiowa #bb61 #wwii...
