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A US Navy (USN) CH-46D Sea Knight, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 11 (HC-11), Gunbearers, Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI), delivers a pallet of MK-82 casing onto the deck of the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72) during a Vertical Replenishment (VERTREP) mission. The USN Forrestal Class Aircraft Carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62) is in the background
A US Navy (USN) CH-46D Sea Knight, with the Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 11 (HC-11), Gunbearers, Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI) moves toward the deck of the USN Forrestal Class Aircraft Carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62) with a load of supplies on during a Vertical Replenishment (VERTREP) mission. With the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72) in the background, other Sea Knights are moving in to drop their loads
An overall view of a US Navy (USN) CH-46D Sea Knight, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 11 (HC-11), Gunbearers, Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI), delivering a pallet of MK-82 casing onto the deck of the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72) during a Vertical Replenishment (VERTREP) mission
A view from onboard a US Navy (USN) CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter from Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Eight (HC-8) as it lifts off from the flight deck aboard the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Fast Combat Support Ship, USNS SUPPLY (T-AOE 6), to conduct a vertical replenishment (VERTREP) mission with the USN NIMITZ CLASS: Aircraft Carrier, USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73), during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
Onboard the US Navy (USN) Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier, USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72) a Sailors standing on the flight deck, observes as the USN Arleigh Burke Class (Flight I) Guided Missile Destroyer (Aegis) USS RUSSELL (DDG 59) pull alongside, during a Pass and Review in the South China Sea. The LINCOLN and embarked Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW 2) are currently underway to the Western Pacific Ocean for a scheduled deployment
A US Navy (USN) CH-46D Sea Knight, with the Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 11 (HC-11), Gunbearers, Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI) settles a load of supplies on the deck of the USN Forrestal Class Aircraft Carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62) during a Vertical Replenishment (VERTREP) mission
A pair of US Navy (USN) CH-46D Sea Knights, with the Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 11 (HC-11), Gunbearers, Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI) hover over the deck of the USN Forrestal Class Aircraft Carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62) delivering a load of ammo during a Vertical Replenishment (VERTREP) mission
A view from onboard the US Navy (USN) NIMITZ CLASS: Aircraft Carrier, USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72) (not show), showing Underway Replenishment (UNREP) operations being conducted with the USN SACRAMENTO CLASS: Fast Combat Support Ship, USS CAMDEN (AOE 2), while the ship is underway in the Pacific Ocean, conducting flight operations in preparations for an upcoming deployment. A USN A SH-60F Seahawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Two (HS-2), is conducting Vertical Replenishment (VETEREP) between the two ships
The US Navy (USN) Arleigh Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer USS LASSEN (DDG 82) pulls alongside USN Sacramento Class Fast Combat Support Ship USS SACRAMENTO (AOE 1) during an underway replenishment (UNREP) and vertical replenishment (VERTREP). The USN H-46 Sea Knight from the Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 11 (HC-11), Gunbearers, hovers into position to pickup cargo for transfer. The ships are part of the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70) Carrier Strike Group (CSG) conducting operations in the Pacific Ocean
An overall view of a US Navy (USN) CH-46D Sea Knight, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 11 (HC-11), Gunbearers, Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI), preparing to hookup as it hovers over the deck of the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72) during a Vertical Replenishment (VERTREP) mission. The USN Forrestal Class Aircraft Carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62) is in the background
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: San Diego
State: California (CA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2(Ac) Smith
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.
Known as the "Phrog", the Sea Knight was used in all U.S. Marine operational environments between its introduction during the Vietnam War. The type's longevity and reputation for reliability led to mantras such as "phrogs phorever" and "never trust a helicopter under 30". During the 1940s and 1950s, American rotorcraft manufacturer Piasecki Helicopter emerged as a pioneering developer of tandem-rotor helicopters; perhaps the most famous of these being the piston-powered H-21 "Flying Banana", an early utility and transport helicopter. During 1955, Piasecki was officially renamed as Vertol Corporation (standing for vertical take-off and landing); it was around this time that work commenced on the development of a new generation of tandem rotor helicopter. During 1956, the new design received the internal company designation of Vertol Model 107, or simply V-107; this rotorcraft differed from its predecessors by harnessing the newly developed turboshaft engine instead of piston-based counterparts. In 1960, American Boeing acquired Vertol and in 1961, it was announced that Boeing Vertol had been selected to manufacture its model 107M for the U.S. Marine Corps. Following the Sea Knight's first flight in August 1962, the military designation was changed to CH-46A.