Photo #: NH 96935
USS Valley Forge (CV-45)
Rounds Diamond Head, Oahu, while en route from Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii, to San Diego, California, on 17 May 1949.
She was transporting the headquarters of Rear Admiral H.B. Sallada,
Commander, Air Force, Pacific Fleet, from Pearl Harbor to San
Diego, and carried a deck load of flying boats and land-based
planes.
Aircraft types visible on her flight deck include one PBM, six
PBY and 2 F4U parked aft. Those visible amidships include one
R4D, one P2V, seven JRB/SNB and seven SNJ.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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