Photo #: NH 97370
USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116)
Underway on 6 August 1952, while en route to the Far East for
her third, and final, Korean War deployment.
Seven F4U "Corsair" fighter bombers are spotted on
the forward end of her flight deck. The "LD" painted
on their vertical stabilizers shows that they belong to Marine
Fighter Squadron 212 (VMF-212).
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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