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Contributed by Joe Radigan

USS MIDWAY   (CVB-41)
(later CVA-41 and CV-41)

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1966 — 1992
SCB-101.66 modernization
Undergoing Modernization
CVA-41 + CVA-43 + CVA-19 + CVA-34
NS024345		 175k

Aerial view of the San Francisco Naval Shipyard at Hunters Point, sometime between April and July 1968. USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) and USS Hancock (CVA-19) are easily identifiable. Also visible in this photo are Midway (CVA-41), undergoing her SCB-101.66 modernization in the drydock just aft of Coral Sea, and USS Oriskany (CVA-34), undergoing an 8-month overhaul in the background.

 Robert M. Cieri
After Modernization
CVA-41 Midway
NS024154		 61k

Midway coming alongside Vega (AF-59), 1970s, place unknown.

 Richard Miller, BMCS USNR Ret.
CVA-41 Midway
NS024166		 59k

Yokosuka, Japan, 1970s.

 Richard Miller, BMCS USNR Ret.
CVA-41 Midway
NS024167		 24k

NAS Alameda, 1970s.

 Richard Miller, BMCS USNR Ret.
CVA-41 Midway
NS024125		 112k

A Flight Deck Director signals an F-4 Phantom II fighter into position on the starboard catapult, in preparation for launching, 5 August 1970. Photographed by PH2 Kevin J. Freedman.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center (# NH 97635).

 NHC
CVA-41 Midway
NS024108		 84k

Good view of the aircraft lift added to her starboard side forward of her island.

Note: This one and the photo below were probably taken within minutes from each other.

 Doug McGriff
CVA-41 Midway
NS024117		 127k

USS Midway (CVA-41) underway in the Pacific Ocean, 19 April 1971.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph (photo # KN-19524).

 Scott Dyben
CVA-41 Midway
NS024105		 139k At sea in the Western Pacific, 30 November 1974. Good overhead showing stern of Midway after her 1966-1970 overhaul: note 3 deck-edge elevators, two to starboard (forward and abaft the island) and one to port. F-4s, A-6s, A-7s, E-2s and an SH-3 are shown on the flight deck. USN
CVB-41 Midway
NS024101		 25k Small image showing Midway in her final configuration. USN
CVB-41 Midway
NS024102		 35k Small image showing Midway in her final configuration. USN
CV-41 Midway
NS024131		 69k USS Midway (CV-41) operating with US and Australian ships in a joint exercise in the Indian Ocean, October 1979. US Navy photo [# 1176316]. USN
CVB-41 Midway
NS024110		 71k Excellent b&w image of Midway, as she appeared near the end of her career (1980+). Note the 2 aircraft lifts added to her starboard side, forward and abaft the island. H. King
(EWC USN-RET)
CV-41 Midway
NS024106		 124k Entering Subic Bay, Philippines, 14 September 1981. US Navy photo by PHCS Steven Harris. USN
CV-41 Midway
NS024164		 60k Aerial port bow view of the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41) underway in the Pacific Ocean, 2 March 1981, as crewmen on the flight deck form themselves to spell the words "HI MOM." (DVIC id: DNSN8402495). Defense Visual Information Center
CV-41 Midway
NS024192		 113k A starboard quarter view of USS Midway (CV-41) underway, March 2, 1982. US Navy photo by PH1 Dave MacLean. (DVIC id: DNSN8402495). Defense Visual Information Center
CV-41 Midway
NS024159		 82k

A port beam view of the aircraft carriers USS Midway (CV-41), closest to camera, and USS Ranger (CV-61), background, with the guided missile destroyer USS Joseph Strauss (DDG-16) and the combat stores ship USS San Jose (AFS-7), underway in the Philippine Sea, May 1982, during exercise Readex '82. US Navy photo by PH1 Barbante (DVIC id: DNSN8207484).

 Defense Visual Information Center
CV-41 Midway
NS024160		 100k

A port quarter view of the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41) underway in the Pacific Ocean, 2 December 1982, while participating in Hong Kong Exercise Search and Rescue '82. The Midway was being used as a base of operations for aircraft involved in the exercise. US Navy photo by LT Douglas Dotson (DVIC id: DFST8309958).

 Defense Visual Information Center
CV-41 + CV-43 + CVN-65
NS024331		 96k This photo was probably taken during a May 1983 exercise in the North Pacific. The three carriers are, clockwise from left, USS Enterprise (CVN-65), USS Midway (CV-41), and USS Coral Sea (CV-43). Darrell Young (RM3), USS Coral Sea, 1983-1987
CV-41 Midway
NS091910608		 70k

USNS Navasota (T-AO-106) underway during a Replenishment at Sea of USS Midway (CV-41) and USS England (CG-22) in the Pacific, late 1983. US Navy photo.

 James Furst Jr. IC2 USN
CV-41 Midway
NS024120		 140k USS Midway seen from the fantail of USS Lockwood (FF-1064) in the Sea of Japan, summer 1984. She was returning from the Indian Ocean. Photo by Steve Hadley
CVB-41 Midway
NS024162		 1115k

"Aircraft Carrier Midway, modernization along program SCB-101." (From a Russian publication).

This drawing shows Midway's final appearance, in the second half of the 1980s-1992, with SPS-48C and SPS-49 radars, two 8-cell BPDMS launchers and Phalanx.

 Alex Tatchin
CV-41 Midway
NS024143		 101k

Battle Group Alfa, Persian Gulf, 1990.

 Chester Morris, Midway Crew Member 1962-65
CV-41 Midway
NS024113		 82k During Operation "Fiery Vigil" in 1991. Photo by AMS3 Rick Rowan

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