Photo #: NH 96986
USS Boxer (CV-21)
U.S. personnel wait to board Boxer at Alameda, California,
for a fast trip to Japan, circa 8-14 July 1950. On 14-22 July,
the ship carried an emergency shipment of 170 Air Force and Navy
aircraft, plus personnel and equipment, to the Korean War zone
in a record 8 1/2 day trans-Pacific crossing. Two of the 145
USAF F-51 "Mustang" fighters carried are visible on
her flight deck.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the "All Hands"
collection at the Naval Historical Center.
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