#otd

Oopppss

#otd General Motors FM-1 Wildcat noses over after a barrier crash USS Coral Sea CVE-57 (later USS Anzio), 3 November 1943 #cve57 #fm1 #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

J2F-1

#otd Grumman J2F-1 on the midships elevator of USS Yorktown CV-5, 2 November 1937 #j2f #ussyorktown #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Emily shoot down

#otd Japanese Navy Kawanishi H8K2 "Emily" patrol seaplane under attack by a PB4Y-1 from VPB-116, 1 November 1944 #pb4y #wwii #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

LPH-2 underway

#otd USS Iwo Jima LPH-2 underway off of Norfolk, Virginia, 30 October 1974 #ussiwojima #lph2 #navalsafari #boneyardsafari

Bit of history

#otd USS Independence, (1814-1913) Entering drydock at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, on 30 October 1886 #ussindependence #navalsafari #boneyardsafari

Polaris away

#otd Polaris A-3 Missile launched by USS Andrew Jackson SSBN-619 off Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 26 October 1963. This was the first submerged launch for the 2500 mile range missile #polarisa3 #slbm #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Out of steam

#otd USS Hornet CV-8 dead in the water with a destroyer alongside, 26 October 1942. #usshornet #cv8 #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

All hands on deck

#otd Plane handling crews moving a F4F aboard USS Enterprise CV-6 during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Island’s, 26 October 1942 #ussenterprise #cv6 #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

End of Zuiho

#otd Japanese aircraft carrier Zuiho still underway after several hits by planes from Task Force 38 during the battle off Cape Engano, 25 October 1944. Photographed from an aircraft from USS Enterprise CV-6. Note the flight deck camouflage, men on deck, buckled flight deck amidships and mast deployed horizontally, with a Japanese Naval ensign at its tip. #ijnzuiho #ussenterprise #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari