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Total Pictures on this page = 198
1960-61 - Great photo collection of Flight OPS. VF-154 F-8 Crusader, F3H-2 demon, F3H-2 demon trapping. AD-6 Spad about to land, COD taking off sans cat chot. A-4D Skyhawk trapping, A-3 Skywarrior taxiing. Whale doing a touch and go, A-3 grabs #2 wire.
[Image Source - Mike Brown]
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1960-61 - Spad's from VA-152 on Coral Sea's flight deck.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1960 - An F8U-1E Crusader of VF-154 flown by CDR Jim S. Swope, about to make the first trap on the Coral Sea after the ships angle deck conversion.
1961 - A-4 Scooter approaching for a landing.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Landing] [Landing]
1961 - A look at the "pack" just after a recovery.
1961 - Whales and Scooter launching.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Deck] [Launch]
1961 - A-3 Skywarrior launching off the starboard cat.
1961 - A VF-154 F-8 Crusader launching.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch] [Launch]
1961 - A few nice photos from the flight deck.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1960-61 - Great photo collection of Flight OPS. AD-1 just landed, Captain's and Admiral's Gig's, High-Wire with USS Rupertus DD-851,. Ready for launch, Liberty tug. Re-spot, USS Rupertus DD-851 along side, VA-152 AD-1 waveoff, A-4 VA-153 A-4 waveoff, VA-153 A-4 trap,VA-153 A-4 trap, VA-155 A-4 wire runout, VAH-2 A-3 Skywarrior waveoff, . VAH-2 A-3 Whale...beached, VMA-121 Scooter Go-around.
[Image Source - John Lyons]
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1962 - Nice photo collection from the 62 Westpac Airshow.
[Image Source - Ted Hillis]
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1962 - HUP-3 of HU-1 spotted forward as the ship plows through heavy seas.
[Image Source - Jim Sloan]
[Helo]
1962 - A test to prove Coral Sea could launch planes in an emergency while docked was conducted while in port at Yokosuka, Japan. One of each plane type was launched.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch] [Launch] [Launch]
1962 - Some nice color photos on the flight deck
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch] [Launch] [Launch] [Launch]
1965 - A busy place!
1965 - VF-151 running out the arresting wire on a trap.
[Image Source - Randy Kelso]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Approach] [Trap]
1965 - VA-153 A-4 Skyhawk launch sequence. Cat crew hooking him up on the starboard cat. Cat officer shooting him off the deck.
1965 - Two F-8's launching...Two different missions; VF-154 F-8 as a fighter, VFP-63 DET Delta as a Photo Recon bird.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch] [Launch] [Launch] [Launch]
1965 - Pilot's and crew preparing for a strike launch.
1965 - Spad launching for a mission over Vietnam.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch] [Launch]
1965 - Catapult crew greasing the shuttle in preperation for the next launch cycle. F-8 parked on cat getting ready for launch.
1965 - Whale launching as a Scooter waits his turn - RF-8 photo Crusader trapping. I've never seen recovery going on with the port quarter elevator down!?
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch] [Launch] [Trap]
1965 - Planes spotted for next launch cycle. Turning in to the wind for launch. Flight deck packed and ready to launch.
[Image Source - David Herron]
[Launch] [Launch] [Launch]
1966 - A Grumman E-2A Hawkeye aircraft of carrier airborne early-warning squadron VAW-11 Det. A Early Eleven is about to land on the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CVA-43).
1966 - Spad's from 1966.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
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New 1966-67 - Nice collection from Tim Shalk.
[Image Source - Tim Shalk]
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1966-67 - Excellent collection of US Navy Photos.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1966-67 - Excellent collection from Norm Palosky.
[Image Source - Norm Palosky]
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1967 - An "Able Dog" of VA-25 loaded to the gills for a bombing run over VietNam.
1967 - This VA-25 A-1 Spad must have diverted to the USS Constellation. As is tradition when another carriers plane lands on your deck, new markings are applied as a reminder of the visit.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch] [Launch]
1967 - An F-4B of the VF-154 Black Knights just after returning from a mission over Vietnam. Note the bullet holes in the nose cone.
1967 - VA-23 Scooter taxiing forward for a launch while the ship is taking a nice roll in the sea.VA-23 Scooter taxiing forward for a launch while the ship is taking a nice roll in the sea.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch] [Taxi]
1967 - F-4B Phantom of VF-154 launching off the waist cat.
F-4B Phantom of VF-154 Trapping.
1967 - Deck packed with Spads and Scooters.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch] [Launch] [Pack]
1967 - Overhead view of launch operations on the forward cats.
1967 - A-4C of VA-22 starting CAT stroke.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch] [Launch]
1967 - From W.B. Cox: The large Pod on starboard is an aps-38 search radar. The smaller pod further outboard is an aps-19 fire control radar. Between the two is a mounting device under the 20MM cannon for another pod that as I recollect would contain the ammo. You can see the mount on the port wing. An alternate small pod was for chaff dispensers. The center pod is an aux fuel tank. There appears if you use a lot of imagination to be a large V on the vertical stabilizer. That would be followed by an R for the tail code Victor Robinson. The 779 number sequence started after I separated. I think it was a 70* that was shot down June 2 1965 off of the Midway. The year was after that probably 66 or 67. The plane is a Douglas EA1F ( An AD5Q when I flew in them. ) They were Full of Electronics finger printing and jamming equipment. When all is said and done it is a VAW-13 Zappers Aircraft.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch]
1967 - Here are a few pics of my squadron (VA-155) operating on the Coral Maru in 1967. In the first pic, an A4E loaded with Bullpup air-to-ground missiles on the inboard wing stations and Shrike anti-radar missiles on the outboard stations taxis toward the bow cats. In the second pic, an A4E loaded with Air Force M117 750 lb. GP bombs loaded on the inboard wing stations and a TER (triple ejector rack) with three MK-82 500 lb. bombs loaded on the centerline station is turning up in preparation for launch.
[Image Source - Don Shirley]
[Launch] [Launch]


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