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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-439876

USS Philippine Sea (CV-47)


Douglas AD-4 "Skyraider" of Attack Squadron 115 (VA-115) takes off on a mission to support UN forces in North Korea, 25 November 1950.
Note the plane's load of two large and eight small bombs.
Also note details of the ship's island and very weathered "47" painted on her stack.

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

Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 615 pixels

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14 October 1999