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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- EVENTS -- The Korean War, 1950-1953 --

Aircraft Carrier Operations, 15 September - 25 November 1950 --
Snow and Ice on Aircraft Carriers


In November 1950, Korea's weather became increasingly frosty, an indication of a very cold winter to come. By mid-month, snowstorms were visiting the ships offshore, curtailing flight operations and creating snow-removal problems on the aircraft carriers' broad flight decks.

This page features views of snow and ice on aircraft carriers during the September-November 1950 United Nations' offensive in Korea.

For other photographs of carrier activities during this period, see: Aircraft Carrier Operations, 15 September - 25 November 1950 -- Overview and Selected Images

For visual coverage of other aspects of the September-November United Nations' offensive in Korea, see:

  • The UN Offensive, 15 September -- 25 November 1950

    For a precis of our Korean War images, and links to more comprehensive pictorial coverage of that conflict, see:

  • The Korean War, June 1950 - July 1953 -- Introductory Overview and Special Image Selection.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.

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

    Photo #: 80-G-439869

    USS Philippine Sea (CV-47)


    Flight deck scene, looking aft from the island, as the carrier is enveloped in a snowstorm off the Korean coast, 15 November 1950.
    Planes on deck include Vought F4U-4B "Corsair" fighters and Douglas AD "Skyraider" attack planes.
    Note men on deck, apparently tossing snowballs, and what may be a toppled snowman just in front of the midships elevator.

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

    Online Image: 111KB; 740 x 610 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-439871

    USS Philippine Sea (CV-47)


    Grumman F9F-2 "Panther" fighters of Fighter Squadrons 111 and 112 (VF-111 & VF-112) parked on the flight deck, forward, during a snowstorm off the Korean coast, 15 November 1950.

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

    Online Image: 99KB; 595 x 765 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-439878

    USS Philippine Sea (CV-47)


    Jet exhaust of a Grumman F9F-2 "Panther" fighter melts snow on the carrier's flight deck, during operations off Korea, 17 November 1950.
    A Vought F4U-4B "Corsair" of Fighter Squadron 113 (VF-113) is parked at right.

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

    Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 600 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-422341

    USS Philippine Sea (CV-47)


    Crewmen Gerald F. Quay (AMM3c) and Warren E. McKee (PH2c) check braces on a napalm tank, during a snowstorm off North Korea, 17 November 1950. The weapon is mounted on the port wing of a Douglas AD "Skyraider" parked on the carrier's flight deck.

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

    Online Image: 142KB; 740 x 615 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: NH 97027

    USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116)


    "Old Glory" flies from the escort carrier's icy rigging, during operations off Korea, 14 November 1950.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 62KB; 740 x 620 pixels

     


    For other photographs of carrier activities during the September - November U.N. offensive, see: Aircraft Carrier Operations, 15 September - 25 November 1950 -- Overview and Selected Images

    For visual coverage of other aspects of the September-November United Nations' offensive in Korea, see:

  • The UN Offensive, 15 September -- 25 November 1950

    For a precis of our Korean War images, and links to more comprehensive pictorial coverage of that conflict, see:

  • The Korean War, June 1950 - July 1953 -- Introductory Overview and Special Image Selection.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.


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    28 November 1999