Photo #: NH 97367
USS Antietam (CVS-36)
Lockheed T2V-1 "SeaStar" makes its first carrier landing,
during carrier suitability tests on board Antietam off
the U.S. east coast, circa 7 October 1957.
This photograph was originally released by the Lockheed Newsbureau
on 9 October 1957, with the caption: "SeaStar Flexes Sea-Legs
-- U.S. Navy's Lockheed T2V-1 SeaStar skims in for its first
'sea duty' landing aboard the U.S.S. Antietam. The new ship-or-shore
duty trainer recently completed primary carrier suitability tests
during operations held off the East Coast. Designed to combine
top performance and safety in a two-place school-plane, the SeaStar
is in quantity production at Lockheed's California Division.
Lockheed Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center.
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