USS Essex (CVA-9) underway in heavy seas, 12 January 1960 (NH 98517)

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U.S. Navy photo NH 98517

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The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Essex (CVA-9) takes spray over the bow while steaming in heavy seas, 12 January 1960. Essex, with assigned Carrier Air Group 10 (CVG-10), was deployed to the Mediterranean Sea from 7 August 1959 to 26 February 1960. A Grumman TF-1 Trader COD plane is readied for launch from the angled flight deck. Several Douglas AD-6 and AD-5W Skyraider and Douglas F4D-1 Skyrays are parked behind the island. An AD-5 (BuNo 132463) assigned to United States Fleet Activities Naples, Italy, is parked on the elevator.
After returning from this deployment, Essex was redesignated as an Anti-Submarine Warfare Support Aircraft Carrier (CVS) on 8 March 1960.

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