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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Valley Forge (CV-45), 1946-1971 --
First Korean War Deployment, May - December 1950 --
Views Taken in Port

This page features images of USS Valley Forge in port during her first Korean War deployment, May-December 1950.

For more pictures of Valley Forge's activities during the first months of the Korean War, see:

  • USS Valley Forge -- First Korean War Deployment, May-December 1950 -- Air Operations on Board the Ship and
  • USS Valley Forge -- First Korean War Deployment, May-December 1950 -- Air Strikes Against Korean Targets.

    For links to further views of Valley Forge's activities and operations in 1950-53, see:
    USS Valley Forge -- Korean War Era Actions and Activities -- Selected Views


    For links to additional views related to USS Valley Forge, see:
    USS Valley Forge (CV/CVA/CVS-45 and LPH-8) -- Selected Views.

    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: 80-G-426270

    USS Valley Forge (CV-45)

    and
    USS Leyte (CV-32)

    Moored at Sasebo, Japan, circa October-November 1950.
    USS Hector (AR-7) is moored beyond the two carriers, with other U.S. and British warships in the distance.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 94KB; 740 x 615 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-418734

    USS Valley Forge (CV-45)
    (left) and
    USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) (center)

    At their anchorages at Sasebo, Japan, during Korean War resupply activities, 23 August 1950.
    The ship in the right distance is USS Rochester (CA-124).

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 605 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: NH 96951

    USS Valley Forge (CV-45)


    Liberty party boards a motor launch to go ashore, as the carrier was replenishing at Sasebo, Japan, during a break from Korean War operations.
    Original photo is dated 23 August 1950.
    This view looks forward from amidships along the ship's port side. The deck-edge elevator is visible in the upper left.

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

    Online Image: 130KB; 600 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 96941

    USS Valley Forge (CV-45)


    Arrives at San Diego, California, 1 December 1950, following seven month's service in Far Eastern waters and five months of Korean War Operations. A few days later, she was hurriedly recalled to the war zone to help counter the Chinese Communist offensive.
    A Fletcher class destroyer is moored in the left foreground, and several YMS-type minesweepers are alongside the waterfront at right.

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

    Online Image: 147KB; 740 x 625 pixels

     
     

    For more pictures of Valley Forge's activities during the first months of the Korean War, see:

  • USS Valley Forge -- First Korean War Deployment, May-December 1950 -- Air Operations on Board the Ship and
  • USS Valley Forge -- First Korean War Deployment, May-December 1950 -- Air Strikes Against Korean Targets.

    For links to further views of Valley Forge's activities and operations in 1950-53, see:
    USS Valley Forge -- Korean War Era Actions and Activities -- Selected Views


    For links to additional views related to USS Valley Forge, see:
    USS Valley Forge (CV/CVA/CVS-45 and LPH-8) -- Selected Views.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 15 September 1999
    Coding updated 7 October 2001