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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 97042

USS Princeton (CV-37)


Aviation Ordnanceman Airmen J.V. Lykins and D.F. Jenkins "move two truck loads of bombs onto the bomb elevator ready for the six-deck journey to the flight deck to be loaded on waiting aircraft. Over 100 tons of ammunition are loaded and flown from USS Princeton each operational day."
Quoted from the original caption released with this photo by Commander, Naval Forces Far East under date of 16 May 1951.
The inscription over the elevator door reads: "Maximum Load 5500 lbs".

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

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19 October 1999