PICTURES -> 1940's - Pg. 2
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Apr 27, 1948 - A P2V Neptune launches with JATO assist from the USS Coral Sea CVB-43 during carrier trials. This was the first carrier launchings of planes of this size and weight.
[Image Source - NMNA - Robert L. Lawson]
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Apr 27, 1948 - Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson arrives on board the carrier Coral Sea (CVB 43) by helicopter to observe P2V Neptune carrier trials.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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May 18, 1948 - A U.S. Navy McDonnell FH-1 Phantom aboard the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CVB-43), in 1948. This was the first launch of a jet fighter from Coral Sea.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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May 18, 1948 - A U.S. Navy McDonnell FH-1 Phantom aboard the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CVB-43), in 1948. This was the first launch of a jet fighter from Coral Sea.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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May 18, 1948 - A U.S. Navy McDonnell FH-1 Phantom aboard the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CVB-43). This was the first launch of a jet fighter from Coral Sea.
[Image Source - NMNA - Robert L. Lawson]
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May 20, 1948 - An F4U-4 Corsair of Fighter Squadron (VF) 6B leads a pack of aircraft assigned to CVBG-5 during a launch from the carrier Coral Sea (CVB 43).
[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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May 20, 1948 - An AD-1 Skyraider of Attack Squadron (VA) 6B, which was redesignated VA-65 in July 1948, taxis with wings folded on the deck of the carrier Coral Sea (CVB 43) on May 20, 1948.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Jun 1948 - Six U.S. Navy Grumman TBM-3E Avenger anti-submarine aircraft of Composite Squadron VC-22 Checkmates flying over the Mediterranean Sea. This squadron was Attack Squadron VA-2E until 4 August 1948. Below are the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CVB-43) and the Gearing-class destroyer USS Bordelon (DD-881).
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Jun 6, 1948 - USS Coral Sea CVB-43 at anchor off Hampton Roads, Virginia.
[Image Source - NMNA - Robert L. Lawson]
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Jul 1948 - The carrier Coral Sea (CVB 43) lays at anchor at Gibraltar.
[Image Source - Jay Henning]
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Jul 1948 - USS Coral Sea CVB-43 anchored somewhere in the MED during the Midshipman cruise.
[Image Source - NMNA - Robert L. Lawson]
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Jul 25, 1948 - View of the carrier Coral Sea (CVB 43) underway in the Atlantic.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Aug 20, 1948 - View of the carrier Coral Sea (CVB 43) underway in the Atlantic.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Aug 20, 1948 - USS Coral Sea CVB-43 underway in the Mediterranean Sea.
[Image Source - NMNA - Robert L. Lawson]
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Sep 14, 1948 - AD-1 Skyraider of Attack Squadron (VA) 64 on the deck of the carrier Coral Sea (CVB 43) in the Atlantic. The insignia on the airplane is from Fighter Squadron (VF) 62, which became VA-64 on July 27, 1948.
[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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Oct 5, 1948 - USS Coral Sea CVB-43 at anchor being resupplied.
[Image Source - Jim Kohler]
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Oct 5, 1948 - USS Coral Sea CVB-43 being resupplied through the port side deck edge elevator.
[Image Source - NMNA - Robert L. Lawson]
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1949 - Overhead view of the carrier Coral Sea (CVB 43), her flight deck packed with aircraft of Carrier Air Group (CVG) 2, underway.
[Image Source - NMNA - Robert L. Lawson]
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1949 - Sailors gathered on the flight deck of the carrier Coral Sea (CVB 43) during a Mediterranean cruise.
[Image Source - Chuck Hendrick]
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1949 - Looking aft from the bridge wing over a crowded flight deck aboard CVB-43 in Naples, Italy.
[Image Source - Chuck Hendrick]
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1949 - LSO Signals an F4U-4 on final approach to the USS Coral Sea CVB-43.
[Image Source - Chuck Hendrick]
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1949 - LSO Signals an F4U-4 on final approach to the USS Coral Sea CVB-43.
[Image Source - Chuck Hendrick]
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1949 - An HO3S-1 Helicopter from HU-2 lifts off the bow USS Coral Sea CVB-43.
[Image Source - Chuck Hendrick]
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1949 - USS Coral Sea CVB-43 conducting Underway Replenishment with USS Samuel B. Roberts (DD-823).
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1949 - An AD-1 of the VA-25 Tigers parked on the flight deck of USS Coral Sea CVB-43.
[Image Source - John Jones]
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1949 - USS Coral Sea CVB-43 in the MED conducting an underway replenishment.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1949 - Norfolk Naval Base, Virginia - Among ships at piers are USS PALAU (CVE-122) and USS CORAL SEA (CVB-43). There is also what looks like an Iowa Class Battleship on the same pier as Coral Sea.
[Image Source - Chel Panus]
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1949 - Shot of USS Coral Sea(CVB-43) from the USS Yellowstone (AD-27) on a Mediterranean cruise.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1949 - USS Coral Sea CVB-43 anchored in port somewhere in the Mediterranean.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Feb 19, 1949 - USS Coral Sea CVB-43 coming out of the yards in Portsmouth after a six month overhaul.
[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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Feb 24, 1949 - USS Coral Sea CVB-43 at anchor being resupplied.
[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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Feb 24, 1949 - USS Coral Sea CVB-43 at anchor being resupplied.
[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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Feb 24, 1949 - USS Coral Sea CVB-43 at anchor being resupplied.
[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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Feb 24, 1949 - USS Coral Sea CVB-43 at anchor being resupplied.
[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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Feb 24, 1949 - USS Coral Sea CVB-43 at anchor being resupplied.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Mar 6, 1949 - A P2V-3C Neptune is hoisted on board the carrier Coral Sea (CVB 43) to conduct carrier trials.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Mar 7, 1949 - A P2V-3C Neptune of VC-5 takes off with the aid of JATO boosters. Captain John T. Hayward was at the controls which weighed 74,100 pounds including a 8,600 pound dummy Little Boy pumpkin nuclear bomb. Captain Hayward's Neptune flew across the country, dropped its "bomb" on a test site at Muroc, California(Edwards AFB), and then returned across the United States to land at Patuxent River, Maryland.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Mar 7, 1949 - A P2V-3C Neptune of VC-5 takes off with the aid of JATO boosters. Captain John T. Hayward was at the controls which weighed 74,100 pounds including a 8,600 pound dummy Little Boy pumpkin nuclear bomb. Captain Hayward's Neptune flew across the country, dropped its "bomb" on a test site at Muroc, California(Edwards AFB), and then returned across the United States to land at Patuxent River, Maryland.
[Image Source - Chuck Hendrick]
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May 1949 - USS Coral Sea CVB-43 moored at Norlfolk
[Image Source - NMNA - Robert L. Lawson]
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May 3, 1949 - View of the carrier Coral Sea (CVB 43) underway.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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May 6, 1949 - An H03S-1 of HU-2 hovers above the deck of USS Coral Sea CVB-43.
[Image Source - Naval Aviation News]
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Jun 1949 - USS Coral Sea CVB-43 at anchor for a port-o'-call in the Mediterranean. The crew is standing a Captains inspection. Note the entire air wing has flown off the deck.
[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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Jun 21, 1949 - F4U Corsairs of Fighter Squadron (VF) 22 taxiing into launch position on the flight deck of the carrier Coral Sea (CVB 43) on June 21, 1949.
[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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Jun 21, 1949 - The Landing Signal Officer (LSO) signals the pilot of an F4U-4 Corsair of Fighter Squadron (VF) 23 during flight operations on board the carrier Coral Sea (CVB 43).
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Jun 21, 1949 - AN F4U-5 of VF-21 is ready for a deck run launch aboard USS Coral Sea CVB-43.
[Image Source - NMNA - Robert L. Lawson]
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Jul 4, 1949 - The carrier Coral Sea (CVB 43) lays at anchor off Cannes, France.
[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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Jul 27, 1949 - USS Fargo (CL-160) manning the rails while moored in the Bosphorus Harbor, Istanbul, Turkey. Fargo was Vice Admiral Forrest B. Sherman’s flagship and is firing a salute. Note USS Coral Sea (CVB 43) in the background.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Jul 29, 1949 - USS Coral Sea CVB-43 anchored in Istanbul, Turkey.
[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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Jul 29, 1949 - Sailors and Marines from USS Coral Sea (CVB 43) anchored in the Besporus leave the ship for liberty in Istanbul, Turkey.
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