The 'Comings' and 'Goings' of a few Carriers ...

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7823

... or more like 'Launchings' and 'Recoveries' but you get the idea.

Looks pretty easy to me :roll:

A place where many a naval aviator aspired to be sitting back in World War II.

THE LAUNCH ...

USS Saratoga (CV 3) as seen from an aircraft moments after it launched from the ship, circa 1934

Flight deck of the carrier Lexington (CV 16) as seen from an aircraft that just launched for a strike against targets on Saipan on June 13, 1944

VT-5 TBF torpedo bomber launch in October 1943

Flight deck of the carrier Enterprose as seen from an aircraft that just launched

View of flight operations on board the escort carrier Sargent Bay (CVE 83) as seen from a TBM Avenger that just catapulted off the ship.

USS Enterprise (CV 6) as seen from a Douglas SBD which has just taken off. USS Lexington (CV 16) steams along in the background, July 1944

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7823

THE RECOVERY ...

Looks easy enough :roll:

USS Saratoge Nov 1943

An F4F lands aboard USS Ranger in 1942. Pilot's view.

cockpit of an A-6 Intruder on approach for a trap on the flight deck of the carrier Midway (CV 41) operating in the waters off the Philippines on August 13, 1984

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7823

Nothin to it! ...

An F3H-2 Demon aircraft of Fighter Squadron (VF) 213 launches from Lexington (CVA-16) in 1961

An F4D-1 Skyray on approach for recovery on board the carrier Essex (CVA 9), 1960

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7823

The bigger the carrier the easier it is ... right? ...

Enterprise (CVN 65) underway in the Southern California operating area on December 11, 1978

USS Forrestal (CVA 59)

F9F Cougars pictured on the flight deck of the carrier Shangri-La (CVA 38) during operations at sea in the 1950s

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7823

Could do it with my eyes closed ... :roll:

USS Boxer off the coast of Korea, 1953

The use of a net makes it just that much easier ... right?

The barrier on the flight deck of the USS Essex

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7823

Rough Seas? ... piece of cake!

TBM-3 Avenger of Torpedo Squadron (VT) 4 launches in heavy seas as spray splashes over the flight deck of the carrier Essex (CV 9

USS Coral Sea CVA-43

Malo83 · **Joined:** Sat Sep 23, 2006 3:31 am **Posts:** 309

The C-1 on the fantail is getting ready for a deck run on the Coral Maru, she's trying to get some air speed over the flight deck for the launch :supz:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poy2F9HdWqc

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7823

Here's a nice series of photos.

USS Enterprise (CV-6) c 1941.
Photos: Peter Stackpole - LIFE Collections

SBD Launch

SBD Recovery

sandiego89 · **Joined:** Mon May 21, 2012 12:28 pm **Posts:** 1199

Great pictures

Speaking of goings....Google map image of the Forestall, Saratoga and Constellation being chopped up in Brownsville, TX

Lots of history there....

https://www.google.com/maps/@25.9650778 ... a=!3m1!1e3

Jim MacDonald · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2016 12:43 am

Great shots, Mark. Thanks for taking the time to post them.

Mac

Malo83 · **Joined:** Sat Sep 23, 2006 3:31 am **Posts:** 309

sandiego89 wrote:

Great pictures

Speaking of goings....Google map image of the Forestall, Saratoga and Constellation being chopped up in Brownsville, TX

Lots of history there....

https://www.google.com/maps/@25.9650778 ... a=!3m1!1e3

Looking for the USS Ranger, my old home away from home,

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