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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 97270

USS Essex (CVA-9)


Underway during her first Korean War deployment, circa August 1951-March 1952.
Two F2H-2 "Banshees" of Fighter Squadron 172 (VF-172) are flying by in the foreground, preparing to land. Nearest plane is Bureau # 124954. The other is probably Bu # 124969.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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19 May 2000