Thread: Aircraft Carriers Intensive PIX!!

  1. 12-05-2009 #2596
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    Ok Guys this one a Multi National post I hope you like them.



















































    Well that another one done for today guys, Have a good one.

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  2. 12-06-2009 #2597
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    Here's a few more from the ESSEX archives. Quality not the best but they are photos of photos.

    The first three are a series. I think I posted the first one before but it fits the series.

    A TBM returning from the battle of the Phillipine Sea with a damage landing gear.



    The TBM hits the deck, but does not flip or burn.



    The flight deck crew rushes out to get the flight crew out of the plane. No one was unjured.



    A bomb explodes just off the stern of ESSEX during the first battle of the Phillipine Sea, June 1944.



    A F6F Hellcat ready for catapult take off from ESSEX, WWII



    A TBM just launched from ESSEX, WWII.



    ESSEX fire crews work on fire from F4U that crashed into planes forward while landing.



    ESSEX crew works loading aircraft magazines with 50 caliber ammo for aircraft. WWII



    For Hump - this shows the bomb cart that was previously loaded in the hangar bay.
    ESSEX crew works loading bombs from carts to an aircraft. WWII



    One from the 50's or 60's.
    ESSEX CV9 or CVS9 being fueled by ALLAGASH AO-97, with Destroyer USS FISKE DD-842 on the other side.



    Thats all for now

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    Last edited by Eugene Schmidt; 12-06-2009 at 12:26 PM. Reason: add ship name
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    Great photos for this page, keep up the excellent work!!!!
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    Brilliant Ej, I have saved all your pics and I will try to clean them up for you mate. I will email you with the results. Great work buddy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eugene Schmidt View Post
    A F6F Hellcat ready for catapult take off from ESSEX, WWII



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    Cool. Is that a stern catapult?
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    First off Excellent photos gents!

    Quote Originally Posted by planeman View Post
    Cool. Is that a stern catapult?
    Nope..That cat is on the bow. It's hydraulic. The USN did away with hydraulic cats after an unfortunate catapult explosion on board the USS Bennington CV-20 on 26 April 1954 which killed 103 shipmates and injured 201.

    On 26 May 1954, while cruising off Narragansett Bay, the fluid in one of her catapults exploded setting off a series of secondary explosions which killed 103 crewmen and injured 201 others. Bennington proceeded under her own power to Quonset Point, R. I., to land her injured.
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    Memoirs of the 26 May 1954 Explosion
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    Nope. That was the forward stbd cat. Essex was actually commissioned with NO cats, as there were none available. The track was installed before commissioning and one forward Stbd cat, an H4B, was installed, in that track, just stbd of the forward Deck elevator, after her sea trials. The hangar bay athwartships cat that was installed on #10 thru #15, was never installed. She was also originally set up to retrieve aircraft from the bow with arresting gear - removed in 1944. Her first and only wartime refit was in April 1944, when she got her second H4B cat. During SCB-27A refit in the 50's, these were replaced with H-8 hydraulic cats capable of launching jet aircraft. She had these when I was aboard in the sixties and kept the hydraulic cats until decommissioning in 1969.

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    PS - Didn't see your post Popeye, I must have been researching for mine.

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    Thanks Popeye, EJ. Very informative.

    Does anyone have any photos/info on the stern catapults used in WWII carriers?
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    Quote Originally Posted by planeman View Post
    Thanks Popeye, EJ. Very informative.

    Does anyone have any photos/info on the stern catapults used in WWII carriers?
    Go to this website and start looking at the photos.

    NAVSOURCE USN Aircraft Carriers photos CV-1 to CVN-78

    Many of those same photos are in this thread. Enjoy!!
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    Wow, BZ amazing pictures, your colaboration on this thread is just wonderful, keep it coming please. BTW what is the name of that US Navy Jet Aircraft??


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    ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 04, 2009) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Luis Rojas-Natale, from Battlefield, Mo., stands security on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Harry S. Truman is underway conducting carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kilho Park/Released)

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    ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 5, 2009) An F/A-18 from the Romans of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA 106) prepares to launch from the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Harry S. Truman is underway conducting carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kilho Park/Released)

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    NORTH ARABIAN SEA (Dec. 7, 2009) Aircraft assigned to CVW-11 operate from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photos /Released)

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    YOKOSUKA, Japan (Dec. 5, 2009) Japanese citizens wait in line to tour the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during an open house at Fleet Activities Yokosuka. More than 27,000 guests toured George Washington during the open house. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Rachel N. Hatch/Released)

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    ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 5, 2009) An aircraft director communicates with flight deck control on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Harry S. Truman is underway conducting carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kilho Park/Released)

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    NORTH ARABIAN SEA (Dec. 7, 2009) Sailors load ordnance onto an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Warhawks of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 97 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class James Mitchell/Released)

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    AFGHANISTAN (Dec. 7, 2009) An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Black Aces of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 41 refuels from an Air Force KC-10 Extender tanker aircraft. VFA-41 is embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Kyle Terwilliger/Released)

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    AFGHANISTAN (Dec. 7, 2009) F/A-18F Super Hornets assigned to the Black Aces of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 41 and F/A-18E Super Hornets assigned to the Tophatters of VFA-14 refuel from an Air Force KC-10 Extender tanker aircraft over Afghanistan. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Kyle Terwilliger/Released)
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    Nice post BZ - Even got a few of my old tub, #9, ESSEX.

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    most amazing pics i've ever seen



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    Quote Originally Posted by santana View Post
    Wow, BZ amazing pictures, your colaboration on this thread is just wonderful, keep it coming please. BTW what is the name of that US Navy Jet Aircraft??


    Thanks Mate !! Those birds are F9F Panthers !!




    Quote Originally Posted by Eugene Schmidt View Post
    Nice post BZ - Even got a few of my old tub, #9, ESSEX.

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    Thanks for the kind words EJ !! I only wish my old friend Popeye felt the same way
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