Photo #: NH 97286
USS Boxer (CV-21)
"Deck Launch -- Visible rings of vapor encircle a Corsair
fighter as it turns up prior to being launched from the USS Boxer
for a strike against communist targets in Korea. Hovering to
the stern of the aircraft carrier, the every-present helicopter
plane guard stands by to assist if any emergency arises."
Photograph and caption were released in Washington, D.C., on
20 July 1951.
Planes are Vought F4U-4s. Helicopter is a Sikorski HO3S.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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