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805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
USS Valley Forge (CV-45), 1946-1971 --
Participation in Operation "Miki", Autumn 1949
This page features photos of USS Valley Forge's participation
in the Pacific Fleet's Autumn 1949 operation "Miki"
For additional images of Valley Forge's late 1940s activities,
and links to other views taken during this time, see:
USS Valley Forge -- Actions and Activities,
1946-1948
For links to additional views related to 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 #: NH 70269
USS Boxer (CV-21)
Photographed from USS Valley Forge (CV-45), while en route
from Pearl Harbor to San Diego during Operation "Miki"
in November 1949.
Photographed by Ted Huggins.
Courtesy of Ted Huggins, 1970.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 104KB; 430 x 765 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 70270
USS Valley Forge (CV-45)
View on the flight deck as the ship enters port at San Diego,
California, after steaming from Pearl Harbor during Operation
"Miki", November 1949.
Photographed by Ted Huggins.
Courtesy of Ted Huggins, 1970.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 455 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 70271
USS Valley Forge (CV-45)
Sikorski HO3S-1 helicopter flies past the ship as she steamed
from Pearl Harbor to San Diego during Operation "Miki",
November 1949.
Photographed by Ted Huggins.
Courtesy of Ted Huggins, 1970.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 73KB; 740 x 455 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 70272
USS Platte (AO-24)
Comes alongside USS Valley Forge (CV-45), while they were
enroute from Pearl Harbor to San Diego during Operation "Miki",
November 1949.
Photographed by Ted Huggins.
Courtesy of Ted Huggins, 1970.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 455 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 70273
USS Platte (AO-24)
Refuels USS Valley Forge (CV-45) and USS Lyman K. Swenson
(DD-729), while they were enroute from Pearl Harbor to San
Diego during Operation "Miki", November 1949.
Photographed by Ted Huggins from Valley Forge's flight
deck as she dropped back after taking on oil.
Note retractable radio antennas mounted alongside the flight
deck.
Courtesy of Ted Huggins, 1970.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 455 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 70274
USS Platte (AO-24)
Refuels USS Valley Forge (CV-45) and USS Lyman K. Swenson
(DD-729), while they were enroute from Pearl Harbor to San
Diego during Operation "Miki", November 1949.
Photographed by Ted Huggins.
Courtesy of Ted Huggins, 1970.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 107KB; 740 x 455 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 70275
USS Valley Forge (CV-45)
Launches OY "Sentinel" observation planes, during Operation
"Miki", November 1949.
One plane is in the lower left, preparing to take off. Another
is faintly visible in the air, just beyond the ship's bow.
Photographed by Ted Huggins.
Courtesy of Ted Huggins, 1970.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 94KB; 740 x 455 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 70276
USS Valley Forge (CV-45)
Firing her 5"/38 guns during Operation "Miki",
November 1949.
Photographed by Ted Huggins.
Courtesy of Ted Huggins, 1970.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 450 pixels |
![](../../images/h70000/h70276t.jpg) |
For additional images of Valley Forge's late 1940s
activities, and links to other views taken during this time, see:
USS Valley Forge -- Actions and
Activities, 1946-1948
For links to additional views related to 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