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Photo # NH 96936:  USS Valley Forge at sea with a deckload of S2F aircraft, March 1956

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Valley Forge (CVS-45), 1946-1971 --
1954-1960 Ship Portrait Views

This page features ship portrait views of USS Valley Forge taken in 1954-1960, showing her as an anti-Submarine warfare support carrier.

For links to additional views of USS Valley Forge, see:

  • USS Valley Forge (CV/CVA/CVS-45 and LPH-8) -- Selected Views.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: 80-G-689246

    USS Valley Forge (CVS-45)


    In harbor, 20 January 1956, with crewmen paraded on her flight deck spelling out the ship's nickname: "HAPPY VALLEY".

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 105KB; 740 x 605 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: NH 96936

    USS Valley Forge (CVS-45)


    Operating at sea with a deckload of S2F anti-submarine planes, 20 March 1956.
    She is accompanied by USS Conway (DDE-507), steaming in the left background, and another escort destroyer.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 96937

    USS Valley Forge (CVS-45)


    Operating at sea with a deckload of anti-submarine aircraft, 20 March 1956.
    Several S2F and at least one AD are parked amidships and aft. A HUP helicopter is parked amidships, and a HSS-1 ASW helicopter is parked at the bow.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 96938

    USS Valley Forge (CVS-45)


    Operating at sea with S2F and HRS aircraft on her flight deck, 6 July 1957.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: USN 1038267

    USS Valley Forge (CVS-45)


    Operating at sea on 27 August 1958, with a HS-7 HSS-1 anti-submarine helicopter about to land forward. S2Fs of VS-36 are parked on her flight deck.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 150KB; 740 x 625 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-1038267.

     
    Photo #: NH 96939

    USS Valley Forge (CVS-45)


    Arrives at Halifax, Nova Scotia, with crewmen in formation spelling out "HELLO HALIFAX" on her flight deck, 10 July 1959.
    Valley Forge, flying the flag of Rear Admiral John S. Thach and commanded by Captain William M. McCormick, was accompanied by the rest of Task Force ALFA, including seven destroyers and two submarines. Altogether, about 4000 U.S. Navy sailors were in Halifax for the six-day visit.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     

    For links to additional views of USS Valley Forge, see:

  • USS Valley Forge (CV/CVA/CVS-45 and LPH-8) -- Selected Views.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 13 September 1999
    Coding updated 7 October 2001