PICTURES -> 1980's - Pg. 4
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[Image Source - SDASMA - René Francillon]
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Aug 20, 1982 - An LTV A-7E of VA-97 NK310 about to launch from USS Coral Sea off California.
[Image Source - SDASMA - René Francillon]
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Aug 20, 1982 - A McDonnell F-4N of VF-21 NK205 launching from USS Coral Sea off California.
[Image Source - SDASMA - René Francillon]
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Aug 20, 1982 - A Sikorsky SH-3G 149720 HC-1 hovering on the bow of USS Coral Sea CV-43 off California.
[Image Source - SDASMA - René Francillon]
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Aug 20, 1982 - A Grumman KA-6D 151823 VA-196 NK515 aboard USS Coral Sea CV-43 off California.
[Image Source - SDASMA - René Francillon]
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Aug 20, 1982 - An LTV A-7E of VA-27 NK410 taxis up to the catapult aboard USS Coral Sea off California.
[Image Source - James Lockard]
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1983 - Overhead shot USS Coral Sea CV-43 and USS SYLVANIA AFS2 conducting an UNREP and VERTREP. Note the CH-46 off the fantail.
[Image Source - Ron Herbst]
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1983 - Nice photo of an A-7E of VA-97 and the 100,000th Cat shot from Catapult 1. In this picture is Lcdr Stephen Oswald, who became a space shuttle pilot and Capt Jerrry Johnson.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1983 - USS Coral Sea CV-43 and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69 operating together. Two F-4 Phantoms from Coral Sea are launching off the ship.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1983 - An F-4N Phantom of VF-154 over USS Coral Sea CV-43.
[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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1983 - An F-4N Phantom II of Fighter Squadron (VF) 21 pictured in flight over the carrier Coral Sea (CV 43) in 1983.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1983 - USS Coral Sea CV-43 flight deck covered in snow during the NORPAC part of the World Cruise.
[Image Source - Ray Jonson]
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1983 - A/G retract deckedge station, each red man represents someone knocked down by that a/g engine wire while retracting.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1983 - An F-4N Phantom of VF-154 launching from CAT 3 aboard USS Coral Sea CV-43.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1983 - USS Coral Sea underway in the Mediterranean during her World Cruise.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Mar 21, 1983 - USS Coral Sea CV-43 departs San Francisco for the final time as she embarks on her one and only World Cruise and transfer to the east coast.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Mar 21, 1983 - USS Coral Sea CV-43 departs San Francisco for the final time as she embarks on her one and only World Cruise and transfer to the east coast.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Mar 25, 1983 - The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CV-43) passes under the Golden Gate Bridge on 25 March 1983. Coral Sea, having been reassigned to the Atlantic Fleet, left Alameda, California (USA) for its new homeport of Norfolk, Virginia (USA). The carrier had been based at Alameda from 1960 to 1983 and was often nicknamed "San Francisco's Own".
[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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Apr 1, 1983 - Flight deck crew members service two A-6E Intruder aircraft on the snow-covered flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV-43) during the U.S. 3rd Fleet North Pacific exercise NORPAC. The joint Air Force and Navy exercise not only provides training for fighter pilots and tactical controllers, but also tests the ability of those services to operate together for the defense of Alaska.
[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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Apr 1, 1983 - Flight deck crew members stand by as another crew member drives an MD-3A tow tractor across the snow-covered flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV-43) during the U.S. 3rd Fleet North Pacific Exercise NORPAC. The joint Air Force and Navy exercise not only provides training for fighter pilots and tactical controllers, but also tests the ability of those services to operate together for the defense of Alaska.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Apr 13, 1983 - The U.S. Navy aircraft carriers USS Coral Sea (CV-43), left, and USS Midway (CV-41), center, and the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65), right, underway during CINCPAC Exercise FLEETEX '83. The US Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and the Canadian navy were participating in the exercise near the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.
[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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Apr 13, 1983 - A bow view of the aircraft carriers USS CORAL SEA (CV-43), right, and USS MIDWAY (CV-41) left, and the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN-65), center, underway with a task force during CINCPAC Exercise Fleetex '83. The U.S. Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and the Canadian navy are participating in the exercise near the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.
[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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Apr 13, 1983 - A starboard bow view of the aircraft carriers USS MIDWAY (CV 41), left, and the USS CORAL SEA (CV 43), center, and the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65), underway with a task force during CINCPAC Exercise FLEETEX '83. The US Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and the Canadian navy are participating in the exercise near the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.
[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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Apr 13, 1983 - A port bow view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65), right, and the aircraft carriers USS MIDWAY (CV 41), center, and the USS CORAL SEA (CV 43) underway with a task force during CINCPAC Exercise FLEETEX '83. The US Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and the Canadian navy are participating in the exercise near the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.
[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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Apr 13, 1983 - A port quarter view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65), left, and the aircraft carriers USS CORAL SEA (CV 43), center, and the USS MIDWAY (CV 41), right, underway with a task force during CINCPAC Exercise FLEETEX '83. The US Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and the Canadian navy are participating in the exercise near the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.
[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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Apr 13, 1983 - A port bow view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65), right, and the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV 41), center, and the USS CORAL SEA (CV 43), left, underway with a task force during CINCPAC Exercise FLEETEX '83. The US Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and the Canadian navy are participating in the exercise near the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.
[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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Apr 13, 1983 - A starboard bow view of the aircraft carriers USS MIDWAY (CV 41), left, and the USS CORAL SEA (CV 43), center, and the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65), right, underway with a task force during CINCPAC Exercise FLEETEX '83. The US Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and the Canadian navy are participating in the exercise near the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.
[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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Apr 13, 1983 - A starboard bow view of the aircraft carriers USS MIDWAY (CV 41), left, and the USS CORAL SEA (CV 43), center, and the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65), right, underway with a task force during CINCPAC Exercise FLEETEX '83. The US Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and the Canadian navy are participating in the exercise near the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.
[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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Apr 13, 1983 - A bow view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65), right, and the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV 41), center, and the USS CORAL SEA (CV 43), left, underway with a task force during CINCPAC Exercise FLEETEX '83. The US Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and the Canadian navy are participating in the exercise near the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Apr 13, 1983 - Port side view of the aircraft carriers USS CORAL SEA (CV 43), USS MIDWAY (CV 41) and the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65) underway with a task force during CINCPAC Exercise FLEETEX '83. The US Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and the Canadian navy are participating in the exercise near the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Jun 14, 1983 - The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CV-43) transiting the Suez Canal in 1983. Coral Sea, with assigned Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14), was on her way to the Mediterranean Sea during her world cruise between 21 March and 12 September 1983. Note that Coral Sea was the last ship to be equipped with the SPS-30 radar.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Jun 14, 1983 - The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CV-43) transiting the Suez Canal in 1983. Coral Sea, with assigned Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14), was on her way to the Mediterranean Sea during her world cruise between 21 March and 12 September 1983. Note that Coral Sea was the last ship to be equipped with the SPS-30 radar.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Jun 14, 1983 - The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CV-43) transiting the Suez Canal in 1983. Coral Sea, with assigned Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14), was on her way to the Mediterranean Sea during her world cruise between 21 March and 12 September 1983.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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Jul 4, 1983 - USS Coral Sea CV-43 anchored at full dress while visiting Cannes, France.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1985 - U.S. Navy McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet aircraft taking off from the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CV-43). In the foreground is F/A-18A-16-MC (BuNo 162451) from Strike Fighter Squadron VFA-132 "Privateers". "The Coral Sea, with assigned Carrier Air Wing 13 (CVW-13), was deployed to the Mediterranean Sea from 1 October 1985 to 19 May 1986.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1985 - The U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG-37), foreground, stands moored to a pier as the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CV-43) departs from Portsmouth after being overhauled at Norfolk Navy Shipyard. In the background are the destroyer tender USS Yellowstone (AD-41), left, a dock landing ship, and the decommissioned cruiser USS Albany (CG-10), right.
[Image Source - NMNA - Robert L. Lawson]
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1985 - Air wing planes fly in formation over the carrier Coral Sea (CV 43).
[Image Source - Chuck May]
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1985 - Rare appearance of F-14's Tomcat out for CarQuals aboard USS Coral Sea.
[Image Source - Chuck May]
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1985 - F-14's Tomcat trapping aboard USS Coral Sea.
[Image Source - Chuck May]
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1985 - USS Coral Sea CV-43 and USS Ranger CV-60 anchored off Naples.
[Image Source - Chuck May]
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1985 - USS Coral Sea CV-43 anchored off Naples.
[Image Source - Chuck May]
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1985 - USS Coral Sea CV-43 anchored off Naples.
[Image Source - Rich Carson]
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1985 - USS Coral Sea CV-43 just after coming out of Dry Dock.
[Image Source - US Navy]
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1985 - The U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG-37), foreground, stands moored to a pier as the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CV-43) departs from Portsmouth after being overhauled at Norfolk Navy Shipyard. In the background are the destroyer tender USS Yellowstone (AD-41), left, a dock landing ship, and the decommissioned cruiser USS Albany (CG-10), right.
[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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Mar 25, 1985 - An F/A-18A of the VFA-132 Privateers traps aboard USS Coral Sea CV-43.rn
[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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Apr 1, 1985 - A port bow view of the fleet oiler USNS WACCAMAW (T-AO 109) during an underway replenishment of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43).
[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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Apr 1, 1985 - Refueling hoses are passed from the fleet oiler USNS WACCAMAW (T-AO 109) to the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43) during an underway replenishment.
[Image Source - Ken Boyd]
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Apr 11, 1985 - USS Coral Sea docked in Norfolk after her collision at sea with the Equador taker Napo. Read the story
here.
[Image Source - NNAM - US Navy]
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Apr 29, 1985 - A KA-6D Tanker of the VA-55 War Horses traps aboard USS Coral Sea CV-43.
[Image Source - Bob Sunagel]
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May 1985 - Nice shot of the USS Coral Sea CV-43 Island.
[Image Source - NMNA - Robert L. Lawson]
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Jul 1985 - The carrier Coral Sea (CV 43) underway in the Roosevelt Roads operations area off Puerto Rico.
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