USS Coral Sea - Flight Deck
1970's
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1971-72 - Richard Tobin Photo Collection from 1971-72 WestPac.

[Image Source - Richard Tobin]
[Launch]
1971-72 - Santa launching a sleigh from the Coral Sea.

[Image Source - Michael Fox]
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1970-71 - Photos from the CAT crew.

[Image Source - John Baxter]
[Flight Deck]
1971-72 - Flight deck scene.

[Image Source - Unknown]
[VERTREP]
1971-72 - VERTREP underway on the deck of the Coral Sea. Supplies being lowered from a helo flying from the supply ship USS Camden.

[Image Source - US Navy]
[Barricade]
1971-72 - Rigging the barricade for an emergency landing.

[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch]
1971-72 - F-4 Phantom launching at sundown.

[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch]
1971-72 - F-4 Phantom at full power. Cat shooter looking up the deck before punching the launch button.

[Image Source - US Navy]
[Firefighting]
1971-72 - Aircraft firefighting practice on the flight deck.

[Image Source - US Navy]
1971-72 - Excellent collection from Dale Smith
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1972 - Great photo collection of Flight OPS.

Row 1: VA-22 A-7 just after trap. VA-22 A-7 ready for launch.



Row 2: A-7's "loaded" for the next launch. "Tilly".




Row 3: VF-111 F-4 trapping. VA-94 A-7 trapping.



Row 4: VF-111 F-4 at full power on the cat. VF-51 F-4 cat shot.




Row 5: H-3 of HC-1 hovering. VMA-224 A-6 launching



Row 6: CVW-15 fly-over. Cool pic from the fantail.




Row 7: Some goodies waiting for delivery. VAQ-135 A-3 Whale trapping.



Row 8: COD with collapsed main gear. VertRep helow on the bow.




Row 9: Nice pic of the island. VAW-111 E-1 Tracer.



Row 10: Nice shot of the port bow. Unrep.

[Image Source - Bob Davis]
New 1971-72 - Some memories from Dan Sauceda
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1973 - Flight deck scenes from 1973 WestPac.

[Image Source - Richard Pletcher]
[Flight Deck]
1973 - Cool shot of a VF-111 F-4B Sundowner trapping.

[Image Source - Doug Smith]
[Recovery]
1973 - Cool sunset launch of a F-4B Phantom of VF-51.

[Image Source - Bob Dress]
[Recovery]
1973 - E2 "landing".

[Image Source - US Navy]
1973 - Collection of flight deck action shots. .

[Image Source - Ed Kenny]
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[Vigilanti]
22 July, 1974 - Very rare appearance of an RA-5C Vigilanti. Coral Sea never operated detatchments of this plane. These two are from RVAH-3 getting some CARQUAL time.

[Image Source - US Navy]
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1977 - Great photo collection of Flight OPS.


Row 1: An F-4J of VF-191 taxi's forward as launch cycle begins. Quite evening on the flight deck.


Row 2: Recovery starting as launch just finished. VF-194 Phantom with intersting paint scheme taxi's forward.


Row 3: Packed bow as seen from PRI-FLY. Phantom moves up to catapult


Row 4: Two VF-194 Phantoms ready to launch. Phnatom with afterburners lit.


Row 5: E-2 Hawkeye of VAW-114 launches.

[Image Source - Peter Morris & Manuel Morris]
1973 - Excellent photo collection from Robert Thompson
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1977 - VMAQ-2 EA-6A with its famous tail markings rolls out in the arresting gear.

[Image Source - US Navy]
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1977 - VA-22 A-7E Fighting Redcock trapping.

[Image Source - US Navy]
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1977 - VA-94 A-7E Mighty Shrikes running the wire out.

[Image Source - US Navy]
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1977 - VAW-114 E-2B recovers.

[Image Source - US Navy]
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1977 - VFP-63 RF-8G at full burner off cat 3.

[Image Source - US Navy]
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1977 - HC-1 DET 4 SH-3G in planeguard duty.

[Image Source - US Navy]
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1979-80 - F4 lit-up and ready to launch. Launching.

[Image Source - US Navy]
[Flight Deck]
1979-80 - The "pack".

[Image Source - US Navy]
[Flight Deck]
1979-80 - Respot underway. Good shot of all the shirt colors.

[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch]
1979-80 - F4 Phantom getting hooked to go.

[Image Source - Bob Dorais]
[Checker 1]
1979-80 - Gratuitous picture of me(white shirt) doing final check on a VA-27 Royal Mace A7-E rolling up to the port "cat".

[Image Source - Bob Dorais]
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1979-80 - A couple of birds on the flight deck.

[Image Source - Bruce Henion]
[Launch]
1979-80 - Cool black & white photo of a Marine F-4 of VMFA-531 going to full power on the starboard cat.

[Image Source - DoD]
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Nice shot of some VMFA-323 Phantoms parked on the starboard fantail.
A Deathrattler making his 100th trap aboard the Coral Sea.


VMFA-323 F-4N Phantom over the round down.
Marine F-4 catching the "1" wire.

[Image Source - Bill Bowers, VMFA-323]
[Launch]
1979-80 - Flight deck scene. F4, A6 and E2 all turning and ready to go.

[Image Source - US Navy]
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1979-80 - VFMA-531 Grey Ghosts operating in the Indian Ocean.

[Image Source - John Valdez]
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1979-80 - VA-27 A-7E CAG rolling up to cat.

[Image Source - US Navy]
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1979-80 - VA-97 A-7E CAG off the waist cat.

[Image Source - US Navy]
[Launch]
1979-80 - VMFA-323 F-4N at full burner on the catapult.

[Image Source - US Navy]
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1979-80 - Visiting Whale of VQ-1 launching.

[Image Source - US Navy]
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 1979-80 - CAG A-6E of VA-196 waiting behind the Jet Blast Deflectors for its turn to launch.

[Image Source - US Navy]
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 1979-80 - VAW-113 E-2 Hawkeye taxing off the angle deck.

[Image Source - US Navy]
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 1979-80 - A pack of F-4's parked starboard side forward.

[Image Source - US Navy]
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 1979-80 - RF-8G with candle lit.

[Image Source - US Navy]
[Island]
 1979-80 - Coral Sea being relived by the USS Constellation CV-64 after 102 days on the line in the Indian Ocean.

[Image Source - Joe Land]
[Phantom]
 Sep 23, 1979 - VMFA 323 F-4N "Death Rattler" ready on Cat 2.

[Image Source - Gary Schreffler]
[Launch]
 1979-80 - HC-1 Planeguard off the port side.

[Image Source - US Navy]
[Trap]
 1979-80 - VMFA-531 F-4N "Hulk" trapping on the Coral Sea.

[Image Source - Cdr. Pete Clayton]
New 1979 - Various pictures from Bill Moore.
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