Aircraft Carriers Intensive PIX!!

[bd popeye]

I am trying to do a series on all the U.S. Carriers in numerical order but it's hard finding photos of a decent quality

Hump, try;

http://navsource.org/

For pix of every USN CV ever built and some never finished..

Or;

http://www.navy.mil/view_gallery.asp?category_id=10

...For more modern up-to-date pix!

[domokun]

As USS Oriskany has been mentioned, I checked wiki on it, had couple pretty interesting photos. She had rather bad fire aboard in 27th of october 1966, 44 sailors lost their lives (R.I.P). She launched about 20000 sorties during Vietnam war.

A Vought F-8J Crusader of fighter squadron VF-194 Red Lightnings intercepts a Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 Bear-A/B reconnaissance aircraft near the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA-34) (steaming below) on 25 May 1974. VF-194 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing Nineteen (CVW-19).



Camera Operator: Lt. Fessenden
Source: US Defense Visual Information system ID DN-SC-85-06071via Wiki

Quite odd that USS Belleau Wood was used as target. She was rather new ship for that, as those normally put into reserve fleet storages. Just 30 years young.

[Eugene Schmidt]

USS ESSEX, October 1962, Just before The Cuban blockade, on shakedown cruise after FRAM II, off Guantanamo.
I finally got this picture posting thing figured out. More to come.EJ

[Hump]

Hi Popeye, RANEW was totally right in what he posted, I was just having an OFF day but no harm done as far as I know.
And I do appologise to RANEW for my rash statement about his ass.lol
I have finally got all the pictures together but I'm trying to get some larger pics of some of them. Most of the sources have only 800 x 600 pictures of the early ones but I will sort them today and post next week hopefully. Can some one correct me if I am wrong I have a total of 66 carriers up to present day.
Hump

[bd popeye]

Count 'em!

Ship Name Hull# Comission./Decomission

USS Langley (CV 1)20 Mar 1922 /27 Feb 1942
Conv. to AV 3; Sunk as a result enemy action about 75 miles south of Tjilatjap.
USS Lexington (CV 2)14 Dec 1927 /8 May 1942
Sunk as a result of enemy action at the Battle of the Coral Sea.
USS Saratoga (CV 3)16 Nov 1927 /26 Jul 1946
Used as an atomic bomb test target and sunk at Bikini Atoll.
USS Ranger (CV 4)4 Jun 1934 /18 Oct 1946
Sold for scrap 31 Jan 1947 to Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.
USS Yorktown (CV 5)30 Sep 1937 /7 Jun 1942
Sunk due to enemy action at the Battle of Midway.
USS Enterprise (CV 6)12 May 1938 /17 Feb 1947
Sold, 1 Jul 1958.
USS Wasp (CV 7)25 Apr 1940 /15 Sep 1942
Sunk due to enemy action southeast of San Cristobal Island.
USS Hornet (CV 8)20 Oct 1941 /26 Oct 1942
Sunk due to enemy action at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
USS Essex (CV 9)31 Dec 1942 /20 Jun 1969
Stricken 1 Jun 1973. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Jun 1975.
USS Yorktown (CV 10)15 Apr 1943 /27 Jun 1970
Stricken 1 Jun 1973. Established as a floating museum in Charleston, S.C., 13 Oct. 1975.
USS Intrepid (CV 11)16 Aug 1943 /15 Mar 1974
Established as a floating museum in New York City in 1982.
USS Hornet (CV 12)20 Nov 1943 /26 May 1970
Stricken from the Navy List 1989. Donated to The Aircraft Carrier Hornet Foundation for use as a museum on 26 May 1998.
USS Franklin (CV 13)31 Jan 1944 /
17 Feb 1947Reclassified AVT 8 on 15 May 1959. Stricken from the Navy List 10 Oct 1964.
USS Ticonderoga (CV 14)8 May 1944 /1 Sep 1973
Stricken from the Navy List 16 Nov 1973. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Sept 1975.
USS Randolph (CV 15)9 Oct 1944 /13 Feb 1969
Stricken from the Navy List 1 Jun 1973. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Apr 1975.
USS Lexington (CV 16)17 Feb 1942 /8 Nov 1991
Stricken from the Navy List 30 Nov 1991. Now a museum in Corpus Christi, Tex.
USS Bunker Hill (CV 17)25 May 1943 /
9 Jul 1947Stricken from the Navy List 1 Nov 1966; retained as moored electronic test ship in San Diego until Nov. 1972. Scrapped 1973.
USS Wasp (CV 18)24 Nov 1943 /1 Jul 1972
Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 21 May 1973.
USS Hanc*ck (CV 19)15 Apr 1944 /30 Jan 1976
Stricken from the Navy List 31 Jan 1976; Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Sept 1976.
USS Bennington (CV 20)6 Aug 1944 /15 Jan 1970
Stricken from the Navy List 1989. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Dec 1994.
USS Boxer (CV 21)16 Apr 1945 /1 Dec 1969
Stricken from the Navy List 1 Dec 1969; Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 13 Mar 1971.
USS Independence (CVL 22)14 Jan 1943 /28 Aug 1946
Sunk as target 29 Jun 1951.
USS Princeton (CVL 23)25 Feb 1943 /24 Oct 1944
Sunk due to enemy action in the Sibuyan Sea.
USS Belleau Wood (CVL 24)31 Mar 1943 /13 Jan 1947
Transferred to France 1953-1960. Returned. Stricken 1 Oct 1960 and sold for scrapping.
USS Cowpens (CVL 25)28 May 1943 /13 Jan 1947
Stricken from the Navy List 1 Nov 1959 and sold for scrapping.
USS Monterey (CVL 26)17 Jun 1943 /16 Jan 1956
Stricken from the Navy List 1 Jun 1970. Sold for scrapping in May 1971.
USS Langley (CVL 27)31 Aug 1943 /11 Feb 1947
Transferred to France 1951-1963; Sold 19 Feb 1964.
USS Cabot (CVL 28)24 Jul 1943 /21 Jan 1955
Transferred to Spain 30 Aug 1967; returned to private U.S. organization 1989. Auctioned by US Marshals Service to Sabe Marine Salvage, 10 Sep 1999.
USS Bataan (CVL 29)17 Nov 1943 /
9 Apr 1954Stricken from the Navy List 1 Sep 1959. Sold for scrapping May 1961.
USS San Jacinto (CVL 30)15 Dec 1943 /1 Mar 1947
Stricken from the Navy List 1 Jun 1970. Sold for scrapping on 15 Dec 1971 to National Metal and Steel Co., Terminal Island, Calif.
USS Bon Homme Richard (CV 31)26 Nov 1944 /2 Jul 1971
Stricken from the Navy List 1989. Scrapped 4 Feb 1992.
USS Leyte (CV 32)11 Apr 1946 /15 May 1959
Stricken from the Navy List 1 Jun 1969.
USS Kearsarge (CV 33)2 May 1946 /15 Jan 1970
Stricken from the Navy List 1 May 1973. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Mar 1974.
USS Oriskany (CVA 34)25 Sep 1950 /20 Sep 1976
Stricken from Navy List 1989. Sold 9 Sep 1995, but contractor defaulted. Repossessed by the Navy and contract terminated 30 Jul 1997. Sunk off coast of Florida 17 May 2006 for use as articifical reef.
Reprisal(CV 35)-- /
--Never completed nor commissioned. Hull, 53% complete, was sold to Boston Metals Co, Baltimore, Md. and scrapped November 1949.
USS Antietam (CV 36)28 Jan 1945 /8 May 1963
Stricken from the Navy List 1 May 1973. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Dec 1973.
USS Princeton (CV 37)18 Nov 1945 /30 Jan 1970
Stricken from the Navy List 30 Jan 1970.
USS Shangri-La (CV 38)15 Sep 1944 /30 Jul 1971
Stricken from the Navy List 15 Jul 1982; disposed of by MARAD exchange 9 Aug 1988.
USS Lake Champlain (CV 39)3 Jun 1945 /2 May 1966
Stricken from the Navy List 1 Dec 1969. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 28 Apr 1972.
USS Tarawa (CV 40)
8 Dec 1945 /13 May 1960
Stricken from the Navy List 1 Jun 1967.
USS Midway (CVB 41)10 Sep 1945 /11 Apr 1992
Stricken 17 Mar 1997;
Towed to San Diego 5 January 2004 to be used as a museum and memorial.
USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB 42)27 Oct 1945 /1 Oct 1977
Stricken from the Navy List 30 Sept 1977; Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Apr 1978.
USS Coral Sea (CVB 43)1 Oct 1947 /26 Apr 1990
Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 7 May 1993.
USS Valley Forge (CV 45)3 Nov 1946 /15 Jan 1970
Stricken from the Navy List 15 Jan 1970; sold for scrap 29 Oct 1971 to Nicolai Joffre Corp., Beverly Hills, Calif.
USS Philippine Sea (CV 47)11 May 1946 /28 Dec 1958
Stricken from the Navy List 1 Dec 1969.
USS Saipan (CVL 48)14 Jul 1946 /14 Jan 1970
Name changed to Arlington 8 Apr 1965 and served as an communications relay ship until decomm. Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 6 Jun 1976.
USS Wright (CVL 49)9 Feb 1947 /15 Mar 1956
Converted to and commissioned 11 May 1963 as a command ship. Decommissioned 27 May 1970 and disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping 1 Aug 1980.
USS Forrestal (CVA 59)1 Oct 1955 /30 Sep 1993
Stricken from the Navy List 11 Sep 1993; At the Naval Education and Training Center, Newport, R.I., 14 Sept. 1998 on hold as museum donation.
USS Saratoga (CVA 60)14 Apr 1956 /20 Aug 1994
Stricken from the Navy List 30 Sep 1994; berthed at the Naval Education and Training Center, Newport, R.I., 7 Aug. 1998.
USS Ranger (CVA 61)10 Aug 1957 /10 Jul 1993
In inactive reserve in the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Bremerton, Wash.
USS Independence (CV 62)10 Jan 1959 /30 Sep 1998
In inactive reserve in the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Bremerton, Wash.
USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)29 Apr 1961 /
--Active -- see
Fact File USS Constellation (CV 64)27 Oct 1961 /
7 Aug 2003Towed 12 September 2003, to be placed in inactive reserve in the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Bremerton, Wash.
USS Enterprise (CVN 65)25 Nov 1961 /--Active -- see
Fact FileUSS America (CV 66)23 Jan 1965 /
9 Aug 1996 Stricken from Navy List; In the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Philadelphia, Penn. planned for scrapping, instead sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Virginia coast on 14 May 2005, following a series of tests consisting of simulated attacks on the ship.USS John F. Kennedy(CV 67)7 Sep 1968 /
23 Mar 2007 --
USS Nimitz (CVN 68)3 May 1975 /--Active -- see
Fact File USS Dwight D. Eisenhower(CVN 69)18 Oct 1977 /--Active -- see
Fact File USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)13 Mar 1982 /--Active -- see
Fact File USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)25 Oct 1986 /--Active -- see
Fact File USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)11 Nov 1989 /--Active -- see
Fact File USS George Washington (CVN 73)4 July 1992 /--Active -- see
Fact File USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74)9 Dec 1995 /--Active -- see
Fact File USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)25 July 1998 /--Active -- see
Fact File USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)12 July 2003 /--Active -- see
Fact File George H.W. Bush (CVN 77)-- /

[Hump]

I count 63 but I've got 66 must be a couple that were renamed e.g. The Enterprise CV6 and CVN 65. any way thanks for the links mate, back to work.
Excellent pictures guys
Hump

[xav]

THis is what PH75 should have looked like



(fits in the "All French Cariers post there: http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums...129481&page=63 )

[xav]

[Hellfish]

Has France made a decision on their CVF? I know they put off any official deal a few months ago...

[xav]

Has France made a decision on their CVF? I know they put off any official deal a few months ago...

See last quote http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums...&postcount=943

Basically, decision is postponed to 2011... while the catapults have been ordered and more than 200 Millions Euros spent on the project already.

[Hump]

I am just about ready to post popeye, is it possible to upload a power point file??

[chefjavier]

Speaking of sinking...


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No hi-res for the bottom two pics.
link to a video of the Belleau Wood sinking;

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c1a_1188112215&p=1

Wow! I served on that ship on 2 six month floats. I spent hours of mess duty and flight deck duty. I did wog day and shell back.

[Hump]

Hi all,
I have just finished compiling a list of all the U.S. Carriers I could get my grubby little hands with the idea of posting them in numerical order. Where possible I have used an original photo before any upgrades of refits so I'm sorry about the sizes of some. so here we go enjoy, if I've made any mistakes I apologize in advance.
Hump

[Hump]

The pictures missing between 49 & 59 were never built.

[Stonewall71]

Sold to Spain as "R-01 Dédalo"



Sold to France as "Bois Belleau"