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An overhead view of aircraft and crewmen on the forward flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66) as the ship head south through the Suez Canal. The AMERICA is the first U.S. Navy carrier since 1967 and the largest ever to travel this route
Local people in an Egyptian city wave from shore as they watch the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66), not pictured, pass by on its southward journey. The AMERICA is the first U.S. Navy carrier since 1967 and the largest ever to travel this route
A starboard view of the guided missile destroyer USS PREBLE (DDG-46) with an Egyptian tugboat during the escorting of the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66) through the canal on it southward journey. The AMERICA is the first U.S. Navy carrier since 1967 and the largest ever to travel this route
A stern view of the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66) during the ship's southward journey. The AMERICA is the first U.S. Navy carrier since 1967 and the largest ever to travel this route
A silhouetted view of crewmen near the edge of the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66) as the ship passes by the dredged edges of the canal during a trip southward. The AMERICA is the first U.S. Navy carrier since 1967 and the largest ever to travel this route
An overhead view of local people on shore as they watch the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66), not pictured, pass by on its southward trip. The AMERICA is the first U.S. Navy carrier since 1967 and the largest ever to travel this route
An overhead view of crewmen using binoculars and a long glass to get a good view of the desert region from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66) as the ship heads south. The AMERICA is the first U.S. Navy carrier since 1967 and the largest ever to travel this route
Tourists at a resort near Bitter Lakes wave from shore as they watch the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66), not pictured, pass by on its southward journey. The AMERICA is the first U.S. Navy carrier since 1967 and the largest ever to travel this route
A starboard quarter view of the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV 66) as it transits the Suez Canal
A view of the U.S. flag and the Egyptian flag flying side-by-side from the mast of the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66) as it leaves the city to head south through the Suez Canal. The AMERICA is the first U.S. Navy carrier since 1967 and the largest ever to travel this route
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Port Said
Country: Egypt (EGY)
Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Jim Preston
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Aircraft carriers are warships that act as airbases for carrier-based aircraft. In the United States Navy, these consist of ships commissioned with hull classification symbols CV (aircraft carrier), CVA (attack aircraft carrier), CVB (large aircraft carrier), CVL (light aircraft carrier), CVN (aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion) and CVAN (attack aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion). The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the United States Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922.
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Date
06/05/1981
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