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1969-70 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - A nice collection from the 1969-70 Wetspac.
[Image Source - Richard Evans]
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1970 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Steaming in the Tonkin Gulf, during her first deployment with A-7A Corsair II's.
1970 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Bow shot of ship somewhere in the pacific.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1970 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Ship pulling into Sydney Harbor in June of 1970. The city delayed its annual celebration of the battle of the Coral Sea for a week, so that we could take part.
1970 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Docked at Sydney Harbor in June of 1970.
[Image Source - Rich MacEachern]
[Image Source - Wal Nelowkin]
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1970 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Arriving, San Francisco. Ship's crew formed with heart and arrow, also spelled out "WE LOVE YOU".
1970 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Great shot passing by the Arizona Memorial.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - Sandy Sears & Marty Flick]
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1970 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Ship approaching the Oakland Bay Bridge
1970 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - UNREP
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1971 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Dry dock period at Hunters Point, S.F. prior to 71-72 WestPac. Note some of the 5" guns on dock.
1971 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Departing for WestPac, 12 November 1971, with CVW-15 Embarked.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1971 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Dry dock period at Hunters Point, S.F.. Dry dock just starting to flood after rework.
1971 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Out for a shakedown prior to the 71 WestPac deployment.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1971 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - A freshly painted Coral Maru departing Alameda November 12, 1971.
1971 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Beautiful bow on shot.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1971 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Nice starboard side shot of the ship underway.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1972 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Five Phantoms over the ship.
1972 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Stern shots of the ship steaming into Cubi Pt.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1972 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Port side views of the ship underway.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1972 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Entering Pearl Harbor.
1972 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Pretty shot of the ship leaving Hawaii.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1972 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Great picture of the Coral Maru in an UNREP formation.
1972 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - A7's, A6's and F4's aboard Coral Sea.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1972 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Departing for WestPac.
1972 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Docked in Alameda undergoing upkeep
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1972 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Three F4 Phantoms over the ship.
1972 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Bow shot.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1973 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Bow shot.
1973 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Silhouette of the island.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - Al Kleveno]
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1973 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Check out those Golden Anchors under the Golden Gate.
1973 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Anchored off Hong Kong.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - Robert Thompson]
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1973 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Anchored off Hong Kong in the twilight.
1973 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - CVW-15 Flyover.
[Image Source - Bob Davis]
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1973 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Nice shot of "43".
1973 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - High altitude overhead shot of the ship.
[Image Source - Doug Smith]
[Image Source - Doug Smith]
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1973 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Nice set of shots taken from USS Reasoner (DE-1063) when she and the USS Sterrett escorted the USS Coral Sea in the summer of 1973 to Hawaii, and then to the Philippines.
[Image Source - Peter Kulczyk]
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1973 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Great photos of the ship from the 73 WestPac.
[Image Source - Ed Kenny]
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1973 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - CVW-15 embarked during first post Vietnam deployment. Barricade rigging excecise being conducted on flight deck.
1974 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43, USS Hancock CVA-19 and USS Ranger CVA-61 Ranger all in a row at Alameda.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - Cdr. Pete Clayton]
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1974 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 tied up at Alameda.
1973 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Returning to San Francisco.
[Image Source - Ron Entwisle]
[Image Source - Doug Smith]
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1974 - Pictured from left to right are the carriers USS Coral Sea (CVA-43), USS Hancock (CVA-19), USS Oriskany (CVA-34) and USS Enterprise (CVAN-65).
1974 - Three carriers tied up at North Island San Diego. USS Tarawa LPH-1, USS Coral Sea CVA-43, USS Ranger CVA-61.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1974 - USS Coral Sea CVA-43 - Some very nice pictures of USS Coral Sea.
[Image Source - Wil Branstrup]
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1976 - USS Coral Sea CV-43 - In dry dock at Long Beach.
1977 - USS Coral Sea CV-43 - Ship's Store Postcard bought in 1979.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - Bob Dorais]
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1976 - USS Coral Sea CV-43 - 12th WestPac Cruise.
1977 - USS Coral Sea CV-43 - 12th WestPac Cruise.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1977 - USS Coral Sea CV-43 - Taken from the USS Schenectady(LST-1185).
[Image Source - Derick Hartshorn]
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1977 - USS Coral Sea CV-43 - A few pictures around Coral Sea. Anchored off Pusan. The famous Black Sheep out for CARQUALS. Tied up at Subic. Plane Guard. Pusan Airlift. Alongside the USS Constellation.
[Image Source - Ken Lyon]
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1977 - USS Coral Sea CV-43 - Series of pictures of the ship approaching and docking in Pear Harbor.
[Image Source - Peter Morris & Manuel Morris]
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1977 - USS Coral Sea CV-43 - A shot of the island blowing out the boilers.

From Sid Dockery: "Smokin' Black, that ain't good..." I worked in 4 Baker fireroom and would like to help make a correction to the photo showing heavy black smoke coming from the stacks and the heading that the boilers were being blown. Yes, we did blow the boilers using valves located on the upper level of the boiler called "Soot Blowers" to help eliminate build up on the boiler tubes. It was always on the 0000 - 0400 watch and on open seas. The black smoke in the picture is the result of a speed change leaving port and 1 or more of the boilers not reacting to the added burners being kicked in to build more steam for the engineroom. When the boilers do not have enough air to the firebox you smoke black, too much air you smoke white. This air comes from two steam operated Forced Draft Blowers behind the boiler and were manually controlled with a valve from in front of the boiler. You actually had to look into a periscope which went into the individual stack to see what condition your stack was. Black, white or clear was the response back to main control when there was a report of abnormal conditions from the stacks. If I'm not mistaken we could be fined by the Cities on the bay for excessive black smoke while in port dockside, leaving or entering the bay.
[Image Source - Peter Morris & Manuel Morris]
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1977 - USS Coral Sea CV-43 - Dry Dock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1979 - USS Coral Sea CV-43 - Returning to San Francisco after an 11 month $80 million overhaul at Puget Sound Navy Yard.
1979 - USS Coral Sea CV-43 - Heading west from San Francisco.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1979 - USS Coral Sea CV-43 - Work-ups off San Diego.
1979 - USS Coral Sea CV-43 - Work-ups off San Diego.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1979 - USS Coral Sea CV-43 - Workups off the coast of California.
1979 - USS Coral Sea CV-43 - Tied up and ready to go at Alameda.
[Image Source - Gary Schreffler]
[Image Source - Cdr. Pete Clayton]
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1979-80 - USS Coral Sea CV-43 - Departing San Francisco for the 1979/80 WestPac. Nice sequence of photos taken from the Golden Gate Bridge.
[Image Source - W.T. Larkins]
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1979 - USS Coral Sea CV-43 - Departing San Francisco for the 1979/80 WestPac.
1979 - Underway somewhere in the pacific, 79/80 WestPac. From the front and back.
[Image Source - US Navy]
[Image Source - US Navy]
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