Photo #: NH 97368
USS Antietam (CV-36)
View of the carrier's island, during Korean War operations, circa
early 1952.
Smoke emerging from the stack indicates that the carrier is getting
up speed for launching aircraft. The signal flag "Fox"
(a red diamond on a white field) flying from her port halliards
is flown in response to the order "Launch Aircraft".
The 40mm gun mount in the upper left is manned in answer to a
call to "Battle Stations" or "General Quarters".
Photograph was released by the Department of Defense on 25 August
1952, several months after Antietam's return from Korea.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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