USS Midway CVA-41 (1970)
It’s #midwaymonday and here is a look at USS Midway CVA-41 at the end of her of modernization in 1970. #ussmidway #cva41 #cv41...
USS Birmingham CL-62 (1945)
#otd USS Birmingham CL-62 off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 21 January 1945. #ussbirmingham #cl62 #wwii #bigguns #navalsafari...
USS Cheraw YTB-802 (1970)
#otd USS Cheraw YTB-802 this large harbor tug is shown at Southern Shipbuilding Corporation, New Orleans, Louisiana, 21 January 1970....
USS Forrestal’s CVA-59 First Landing (1956)
Per request, North American FJ-3 Fury of VF-21 makes the first landing on board USS Forrestal CVA-59, 3 January 1956. #fj3 #fjfury...
North Island in 1956
#otd Vought AU-1 Corsair and Douglas AD-5W aircraft on the overhaul and repair test line, at NAS North Island, 19 January 1956. The AU-1s...
Mighty MO firing TLAM’s
#otd USS Missouri BB-63 fires a BGM-109 Tomahawk land attack missile (TLAM) at an Iraqi target at the start of Operation Desert Storm....
USS Enterprise CVAN-64 first trap
#otd Commander George Talley lands his Vought F8U-1 145375 on board USS Enterprise CVAN-65, 17 January 1962. This was the first landing...
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...
