Photo #: NH 97285
USS Boxer (LPH-4)
At Mayport, Florida, in August 1965, just prior to departing
for Vietnam with elements of the Army's First Cavalry Division
on board. She carried 1200 personnel, 205 helicopters and 6 OV-1
airplanes to the combat zone.
Aircraft on her flight deck include 6 OV-1 (dark colored-forward);
4 CH-54 (white-just forward of island); 56 CH-47 (dark colored-amidships
and aft) and 36 UH-1 (white-amidships and forward). The remaining
109 helicopters are presumably stowed on Boxer's hangar
deck.
Official U.S. Army Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
Online Image: 146KB; 740 x 615 pixels |
 |