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Photo #: NH 95364
USS Valley Forge (CV-45)
Underway at sea, while transporting aircraft, 26 April 1949.
Planes on deck forward include R4D, PV, F7F, SNB/JRB and SNJ
types, all normally based ashore. Those aft are carrier types:
F4U, F8F and SB2C.
Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute Photo Collection, 1984.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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