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An MD-3A tow tractor is used to tow a C-2A Greyhound aircraft across the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV 60)

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: USS Saratoga (CV 60)

Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

Scene Camera Operator: PH1 William Shayka

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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24/03/1986
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label_outline Explore Ph 1 William Shayka, C 2 A Greyhound Aircraft, Md 3 A Tow Tractor

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A Fleet Logistic Support Squadron 30 (VRC-30) C-2A Greyhound aircraft folds its wings after landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV-61).

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Petty Officer 3rd Class John Coughlin, from Houston,

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