Photo #: NH 97272
USS Essex (CVA-9)
"Sunset -- All is Calm -- It's the end of another day aboard
the aircraft carrier USS Essex operating in North Korean
waters. An airman lashes a Banshee (F2H) jet fighter to the flight
deck as the falling sun draws evening shadows from the slumbering
plane."
Photograph and caption were released by Commander, Naval Forces,
Far East under date of 8 March 1952.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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