PICTURES -> 1970's - Pg. 6
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[Image Source - Ed Kenny]
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1973 - 1973 WestPac Photo collection.
[Image Source - Ed Kenny]
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1973 - 1973 WestPac Photo collection.
[Image Source - Ed Kenny]
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1973 - 1973 WestPac Photo collection.
[Image Source - Ed Kenny]
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1973 - 1973 WestPac Photo collection.
[Image Source - Ed Kenny]
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1973 - 1973 WestPac Photo collection.
[Image Source - Ed Kenny]
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1973 - 1973 WestPac Photo collection.
[Image Source - Ed Kenny]
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1973 - 1973 WestPac Photo collection.
[Image Source - Ed Kenny]
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1973 - 1973 WestPac Photo collection.
[Image Source - Ed Kenny]
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1973 - 1973 WestPac Photo collection.
[Image Source - Ed Kenny]
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1973 - 1973 WestPac Photo collection.
[Image Source - Ed Kenny]
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1973 - 1973 WestPac Photo collection.
[Image Source - Manual Lopez Jr.]
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1973 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Flight Deck.
[Image Source - Manual Lopez Jr.]
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1973 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Flight Deck.
[Image Source - Manual Lopez Jr.]
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1973 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Flight Deck.
[Image Source - Peter Kulczyk]
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1973 - Photo Collection from 1973.
[Image Source - Peter Kulczyk]
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1973 - Photo Collection from 1973.
[Image Source - Peter Kulczyk]
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1973 - Photo Collection from 1973.
[Image Source - Peter Kulczyk]
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1973 - Photo Collection from 1973.
[Image Source - Peter Kulczyk]
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1973 - Photo Collection from 1973.
[Image Source - Peter Kulczyk]
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1973 - Photo Collection from 1973.
[Image Source - George Peterson]
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1973 - Photo Collection from 1973 WestPac.
[Image Source - George Peterson]
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1973 - Photo Collection from 1973 WestPac.
[Image Source - George Peterson]
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1973 - Photo Collection from 1973 WestPac.
[Image Source - George Peterson]
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1973 - Photo Collection from 1973 WestPac.
[Image Source - Doug Smith]
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1973 - High altitude overhead shot of the USS Coral Sea CVA-43.
[Image Source - Doug Smith]
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1973 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Shot of the island. Note the MIG Kill markings on Vultures Row.
[Image Source - Doug Smith]
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1973 - An F-4B of the VF-111 Sundowners traps aboard USS Coral Sea CVA-43.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1973 - An A-7E Corsair II of the VA-94 Mighty Shrikes ready to launch from USS Coral Sea CVA-43.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1973 - An A-6A of the VA-95 Green Lizards fly's past the USS Coral Sea CVA-43.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1973 - An A-6A of the VA-95 Green Lizards ready to launch from CAT 2 aboard USS Coral Sea CVA-43.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1973 - An RF-8G of the VFP-63 Eyes of the Fleet at full afterburner ready to launch from CAT 1 aboard USS Coral Sea CVA-43.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1973 - An F-4B of the VF-51 Screaming Eagles ready to launch from CAT 2 aboard USS Coral Sea CVA-43.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1973 - An F-4B Phantom II of the VF-111 Sundowners grabs the number 4 wire as it comes aboard USS Coral Sea CVA-43.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1973 - An A-7E form the VA-94 Mighty Shrikes launches from the angle deck of USS Coral Sea CV-43.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1973 - An A-7E form the VA-94 Mighty Shrikes traps aboard USS Coral Sea CV-43.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1973 - An F-4B Phantom II of VF-111 airborn from the USS Coral Sea CVA-43.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Sep 21, 1973 - Stern view of USS Coral Sea CVA-43. Note the crew rigging the barricade on the flight deck.
[Image Source - Doug Smith]
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Nov 8, 1973 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 returning to San Francisco after the 1973 Westpac.
[Image Source - Doug Smith]
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Nov 8, 1973 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 returning to San Francisco after the 1973 Westpac. Note the flowers on the flight deck that were dropped from the Golden Gate Bridge as the ship passed under.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Nov 8, 1973 - USS Coral Sea passing under the Golden Gate bridge completing her 1973 WestPac. Note the golden anchors.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1974 - A postcard sold at the ships store showing USS Coral Sea CVA-43 circa 1974.
[Image Source - Carl J. Waldenmaier]
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1974 - An RA-5C Photo-Recon Vigilante from VAH-3 is out for CarQuals aboard USS Coral Sea CVA-43 off the California coast. Note the JBD at the time was not strong enough for the Vigi in afterburner so CAT #2 was used with the JBD down.
[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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Feb 14, 1974 - F-4 Phantom II aircraft of Fighter Squadron (VF) 51 dump fuel in preparation for landing on board the carrier Coral Sea (CVA 43) in February 14, 1974.
[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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Jul 4, 1974 - Pictured left to right the carriers Coral Sea (CVA 43), Hancock (CVA 19), Oriskany (CVA 34) and Enterprise (CVAN 65) morred at Naval Air Station (NAS) Alameda, California, on July 4, 1974.
[Image Source - Naval Photographic Center]
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Jul 4, 1974 - Left to right: USS Enterprise (CVN-65), USS Coral Sea (CV-43), USS Kansas City (AOR-3), USS Wabash (AOR-5), and USS Oriskany (CV-34) at NAS Alameda, CA, July-August 1975.
Official US Navy photo from the Naval Photographic Center, Washington, D.C. Robert M. Cieri
[Image Source - Robert Hampton]
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Jul 4, 1974 - Pictured left to right the carriers Coral Sea (CVA 43), Hancock (CVA 19), Oriskany (CVA 34) and Enterprise (CVAN 65) morred at Naval Air Station (NAS) Alameda, California, on July 4, 1974.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Jul 4, 1974 - Alameda, California: Four attack aircraft carriers, for the first time in the history of the Alameda Naval air station are shown tied up at air station pier 7/30. They are (L-R): USS Coral Sea; USS Hancock; USS Oriskany and USS Enterprise. The Oriskany left for sea on 7/31. In background (R), San Francisco skyline can be seen through the haze.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Jul 22, 1974 - Very rare appearance of an RA-5C Vigilante from RVAH-3. Coral Sea never operated detachments of this plane. These two are getting some CARQUAL time off the coast of California.
[Image Source - Cdr. Pete Clayton]
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Oct 1974 - Three Vietnam War Horses lined up in Alameda - USS Coral Sea CVA-43, USS Hancock CVA-19, USS Ranger CVA-61.
[Image Source - NMNA - Robert L. Lawson]
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1975 - View of the carrier Coral Sea (CVA 43) underway in the Pacific.
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