Photo #: NH 97364
USS Antietam (CVA-36)
Conducting flight operations in the Virginia Capes area on 14
January 1953, "to obtain a critical evaluation of the operational
suitability of canted flight decks as a primary means of operating
carrier aircraft" (quoted from the original caption).
Antietam had just returned to service following installation
of the then-experimental angled ("canted") flight deck. A
F9F "Panther" jet fighter has just left the angled
deck, just forward of her midships elevator. Other planes (all
jet fighters) parked on deck include F9F "Cougars"
(forward), F2H "Banshees" and an FJ "Fury"
(immediately forward of the ship's island).
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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