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USS Coral Sea Tribute Site
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USS Coral Sea Tribute Site
Coral Sea Video - Page 7
USS Coral Sea Tribute Site

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1968 [1:42]  28  Short clip of Bob Hope aboard USS Coral Sea CVA-43 on January 18th, 1968
1968 [15:00]  29  F-111B Carrier Trials - Great footage aboard USS Coral Sea during the summer of 1968 when the Navy conducted carrier trials for the F-111B. (No Sound)
1968 [1:49]  31  F-111B Carrier suitability trials aboard USS Coral Sea CVA-43 off the coast of California. Narrated.
1968 [2:11]  33  F-111B Carrier suitability trials aboard USS Coral Sea CVA-43 off the coast of California. No sound.
1968 [4:32]  34  Pier side with sailors and families as USS Coral Sea gets ready to depart for Westpac on 9/7/1968. (No Sound)
1968 [2:52]  86  September 7, 1968 - Coral Sea Departing SF - [2:52] - Sailors embrace and kiss their loved ones on the pier and board the USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) in San Francisco bay.
1968 [1:31]  87  Ships at dock along with people on pier and officers on deck of USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) in San Francisco bay.
1969 [3:14]  35  Video from Charlie Walker. The footage was shot from the USS Blue by Earl Faubion during the 1969-70 WestPac. Charlie did the editing and formatting for the web video. Many thanks to Charlie and Earl helping out the USS Coral Sea Tribute Site.
1969 [3:30]  36  San Francisco - USS Coral Sea returning home after her 68-69 Westpac. Footage aboard the ship as she enters San Francisco Bay.
1970 [0:56]  37  Mishap aboard USS Coral Sea CVA-43 on CAT-3, an F-4B of VF-151 is pulled down the deck by its mangled nose gear after a miscue. Look closely at the nose gear and you can see it collapse and then get tangled in the bridal/shuttle pulling the Phantom into the sea.
Read a detailed account of this mishap here.


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