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NH 97364 USS Antietam (CVA-36)

Photo #: NH 97364 USS Antietam (CVA-36)
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Title: USS Antietam (CVA-36)
Description: 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 History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 97364
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