Military Photos

Frapping the mooring lines - USS Badger FF-1071 taken back in 1978

 

Here you go...if you were ever in the Navy and had a chance to see what refueiling was like...all I can say is...let's do it again!

 

USS Badger FF-1071 - incoming mail!

 

Fresh paint????? YEAAAP...Burnt to a crisp!

 

Torpedo...wanna go for a ride....?

 

USS White Plains AFS-4 - taken back in 1981 or 82...can't remember....so long ago...

 

Boy, looking at these old photos...are bringing back the good ol times...I remember being up for days un- repping battle groups...

 

anybody ever move a 12,000 pound jet engine? Across the ocean to another ship? On a 1" wire? Hmmmm...

 

Thanks for the info. I blew it up from the original scan. The first number doesn;t look like a 6, but I really don't know. What do you think?

 

looks like 12 which would make it the USS Hornet (CVA-12) - reference:cva 12 - Google Search

 

Here is what a 6 looks like on a Carrier:

 

USS Kitty Hawk...the last deactivated aircraft carrier at PSNS...



Kitsap Sun: Bremerton's mothball fleet will shrink in stature once Kitty Hawk departs

 

F-86K Sabre ...also nicknamed the "Kaasjager" (Cheese hunter) by the Royal Dutch Airforce.
Open-air days at the National Military Museum 2018.
Folding Pocket Kodak No.2 Model B

 

Nice photographs.

 

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)

 

BB-61 USS Iowa