80 years ago, the “long hulled” Essex-class fleet carrier USS Randolph (CV-15) is seen with damage to her aft flight deck as the result of a Japanese Yokosuka P1Y Ginga “Frances” kamikaze attack crashing into her at Ulithi Atoll, 11 March 1945, as photographed from a USS Miami (CL-89) floatplane. The vessel alongside is the “heavy-hulled” Vulcan class repair ship USS Jason (ARH-1),Continue reading “USS Randolph March 1945”
Category Archives: US Aircraft Carriers
Carrier USS Carl Vinson Operating in Sea of Japan, Carrier Air Wing 5 Drills in Guam
Dzirhan Mahadzir – March 10, 2025 2:43 PM U.S. aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) is operating in the Sea of Japan after wrapping a five-day port visit to South Korea on Friday, USNI News has learned. Carl Vinson (CVN-70) wrapped up a five-day port visit to Busan, South Korea on Friday while Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5,Continue reading “Carrier USS Carl Vinson Operating in Sea of Japan, Carrier Air Wing 5 Drills in Guam”
Naval Base Kitsap would swap oldest aircraft carrier for newest under Navy plan – By GARY WARNER – STARS AND STRIPES • March 7, 2025
BREMERTON, Wash. — Naval Base Kitsap would swap the Navy’s oldest aircraft carrier for its newest under a plan released Friday. “The Navy proposes to replace an older Nimitz-class aircraft carrier at NBK-Bremerton with the next-generation Ford-class aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy,” according to a statement from U.S. Fleet Forces Command. The USS Nimitz,Continue reading “Naval Base Kitsap would swap oldest aircraft carrier for newest under Navy plan – By GARY WARNER – STARS AND STRIPES • March 7, 2025”
USS Saratoga 1930 – NEW YORK
USS Saratoga (CV-3) was a Lexington-class aircraft carrier built for the United States Navy during the 1920s. Originally designed as a battlecruiser, she was converted into one of the Navy’s first aircraft carriers during construction to comply with the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. The ship entered service in 1928 and was assigned to theContinue reading “USS Saratoga 1930 – NEW YORK”
USS Lake Champlain (CV/CVA/CVS-39) 1945 NORFOLK NAVY YARD
USS Lake Champlain (CV/CVA/CVS-39) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers completed during or shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. She was the second US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named for the Battle of Lake Champlain in the War of 1812.Commissioned on 3 June 1945, Lake ChamplainContinue reading “USS Lake Champlain (CV/CVA/CVS-39) 1945 NORFOLK NAVY YARD”
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