PICTURES -> Aboard - Pg. 1
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[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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Aug 30, 1948 - Coffee time on board USS Coral Sea (CVB-43). Fireman Apprentice Harold E. Dillahunt enjoying a cup of coffee while checking the boilers in the ship’s fire room.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Aug 30, 1948 - Coffee time on board USS Coral Sea (CVB 43). Having a cup of coffee while sending a semaphore. Holding board QM3 Russell D. Mickey and sending, QM2 A.W. Knight.
[Image Source - Sandy Nesbit Money]
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1949 - Print SHop on board USS Coral Sea CVB-43.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1950 - Loading stores on the hanger deck aboard USS Coral Sea CVB-43.
[Image Source - NMNA - Robert L. Lawson]
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Aug 31, 1950 - Views of Lieutenant M.N. Wickendoll and his crew of Composite Squadron (VC) 5, who completed the 20,000th arrested landing on the carrier Coral Sea (CVB 43).
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Feb 1951 - Crewman scraping and painting the 20 ton anchor of USS Coral Sea CVB-43.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1952 - Crew of USS Coral Sea CVB-43 getting haircuts at the ships's Barber Shop.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1952 - USS Coral Sea CVB-43 - Swim call in the Mediterranean.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1953 - Crewmen scrub down the flight deck aboard USS Coral Sea CVB-43.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1953 - Close up of 5"/54 (12.7 cm) Mark 16 gun on USS Coral Sea CVB-43. Note the lack of a barrel liner.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1953 - "43" gets a fresh coat of paint.
[Image Source - Doug Riach]
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1956 - A shot of a typical enlisted berthing area from the 50's aboard USS Coral Sea CVA-43.
[Image Source - Doug Riach]
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1956 - Target practice on the bow of USS Coral Sea CVA-43.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1956 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - 1 Baker fire room.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1960 - Nice shot of the crew at work in Damage Control Central.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Nov 1960 - A Boatswains Mate sounds an announcement over the 1MC aboard USS Coral Sea CVA-43.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Dec 1960 - Good picture of the Main Electrical Switchboard aboard USS Coral Sea CVA-43.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1961 - Shot the focsle and anchor chains aboard USS Coral Sea CVA-43.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1961 - Picture of Main Control engineering space aboard USS Coral Sea CVA-43.
[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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Jan 1961 - Nice shot of the main mess deck aboard the USS Coral Sea CVA-43.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1964 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Ship's band serenades another ship alongside during an UNREP in the Pacific.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1964 - Crewman inspects a bearing on one of the shafts aboard USS Coral Sea CVA-43.
[Image Source - Gerald Davis]
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1967 - Nice shot of Main Control aboard USS Coral Sea CVA-43.
[Image Source - Jim Goodwin]
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1969 - Deck Department busy at work preparing USS Coral Sea CVA-43 for an UNREP.
[Image Source - Richard Evans]
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1969 - A nice picture of one the rudder pedestals on USS Coral Sea CVA-43.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1973 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - An F-4B of VF-111 coming off the elevator on to the Hanger Deck.
[Image Source - Ron Entwisle]
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1975 - Nice picture of Number 1 Control Room aboard USS Coral Sea CVA-43.
[Image Source - Peter Morris & Manuel Morris]
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Jul 1977 - Steel Beach aboard USS Coral Sea CV-43 during the Tiger Cruise.
[Image Source - Peter Morris & Manuel Morris]
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Sep 30, 1977 - A picture of the focsle aboard USS Coral Sea CV-43.
[Image Source - Peter Morris & Manuel Morris]
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Oct 1977 - The hanger bay aboard USS Coral Sea CV-43 is staged with boxes and equipment to be off loaded upon arrival home.
[Image Source - Robert Hampton]
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1978 - Changing Homeports from NAS Alameda (California) up to the Bremerton WA Shipyard for a long overhaul.Crew Members were allowed to tiedown their vehicles on the flightdeck during the Homeport-Change voyage.
[Image Source - Jerry Hollie]
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1979 - USS Coral Sea flight deck packed full of cars. Arriving in Alemeda after a year in drydock.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1979 - Crewmen scrub down the flight deck.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1979 - USS Coral Sea CV-43 - SHot of the Focsle.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Jan 1, 1979 - Rear Admiral Lawrence Chambers (right), commander, Carrier Group Three, tours damage control central aboard the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43).
[Image Source - Bill Moore]
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Jul 18, 1979 - CO and XO on the bridge of USS Coral Sea CV-43 during a GQ drill.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Jan 1, 1980 - A signalman aboard the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43) uses a searchlight to signal another ship as an E-2 Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft lands in the background.
[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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Jan 1, 1980 - A crewmember mans his plat camera monitoring station on board the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43).
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Mar 19, 1980 -
Vice Admiral (VADM) Carlisle A. H. Trost, commander of the US Seventh Fleet, (left) is interviewed by Captain (CAPT) Richard M. Dunleavy, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43), (right). The interview is being conducted during the admiral's visit to the CORAL SEA while she is on deployment.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Mar 19, 1980 - Vice Admiral (VADM) Carlisle A. H. Trost, commander of the US Seventh Fleet, (left) is interviewed by Captain (CAPT) Richard M. Dunleavy, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43), (right). The interview is being conducted during the admiral's visit to the CORAL SEA while she is on deployment.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Apr 6, 1980 - Easter Sunrise Service is held on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43).
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Apr 6, 1980 - Easter Sunrise Service is held on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43).
[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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Jun 1, 1980 - Crewmembers aboard the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43) move supplies on the flight deck during vertical replenishment operations with the replenishment oiler USS ROANOKE (AOR 7). The CORAL SEA is returning to its home port at Naval Air Station Alameda, California after an Indian Ocean deployment
[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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Jun 1, 1980 - Crewmembers of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43) guide a forklift into position to move newly arrived supplies from the replenishment oiler USS ROANOKE (AOR 7). A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter from Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 11 (HC-11) can be seen in the background delivering supplies.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Dec 19, 1985 - Crew members prepare to sort bags of mail received aboard the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43).
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Dec 19, 1985 - Crew members aboard the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43) serve themselves lunch on the mess deck.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Dec 19, 1985 - Journalist 3rd Class G. Porter runs the television station aboard the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43).
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Dec 19, 1985 - Mess Management SPECIALIST 3rd Class Charles Oberholtzer removes a batch of chicken from an oven in the galley of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43).
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Dec 19, 1985 - Boilerman Technician 3rd Class Donnie Brownlee, left, and Boilerman Technician Fireman Apprentice Thomas Huff, right, read during time off from their duties aboard the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43).
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Dec 19, 1985 - Mess Management SPECIALIST 3rd Class Robert Graham shapes bread dough into loaves in the galley of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43).