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NS024801 |
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USS Saipan (CVL-48) as completed, November 2, 1946. |
USN |
NS024804 |
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USS Saipan (CVL-48) underway at sea, with eight FH-1 Phantom
jet fighters on her flight deck. The original print is dated June 1953, but the presence of FH-1s
and the general rig of the ship indicate that the photograph was actually taken during the late 1940s.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center (# NH 97612). |
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NS024813 |
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USS Saipan (CVL-48), probably in the late 1940s. Note the mix
of aircraft on her deck: early jet and a variety of prop types. |
David Buell |
NS024805 |
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Crewmen wash snow and ice from the flight deck and superstructure, during Operation
Icecap. Ice is visible on the island and mast. Date may be circa late December 1948, when
Saipan was sent to Greenland waters on a rescue mission.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center (# NH 97614). |
NHC |
NS024811 |
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USS Saipan (CVL-48) at anchor circa 1952, location unknown. |
Robert Hurst |
NS024812 |
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USS Saipan (CVL-48) underway circa 1953, location unknown (USN
photo.) |
Robert Hurst |
NS024806 |
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Lieutenant Colonel Julius W. Ireland, USMC, Commanding Officer of Marine Attack
Squadron 324 (VMA-324) is greeted by a French Navy officer, after his squadron delivered AU-1 Corsair
aircraft to the French at Tourane (Danang) airfield, Indo-China, on 18 April 1954. One of the AU-1s
is behind them. The planes were transported to the area by USS Saipan (CVL-48).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph (# NH 84042). |
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NS024807 |
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French Naval Aviator C.A. Libiot (left center) greets Second Lieutenant John
F. Schrepferman, USMCR, of Marine Attack Squadron 324 (VMA-324) as VMA-324 pilots delivered AU-1 Corsair
aircraft to the French at Tourane (Danang) airfield, Indo-China, on 18 April 1954. Libiot and other
French aviators had trained at Naval Air Station, Pensacola, with some of VMA-324's pilots. Three
of the AU-1s are behind them. The planes were transported to the area by USS Saipan
(CVL-48).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph (# NH 84051). |
NHC |
NS024808 |
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USS Saipan (CVL-48) off Tourane (Danang), Indo-China, on 18 April
1954, just prior to launching twenty-five AU-1 Corsair aircraft, which were flown ashore for
delivery to the French.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph (# NH 84043). |
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NS024809 |
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USS Saipan (CVL-48) with HRS and HUP helicopters on her flight
deck, circa the mid-1950s.
Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph (# NH 67747). |
NHC |
NS024810 |
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USS Saipan (CVL-48) underway circa the mid-1950s, with eleven
AD-1 Skyraider attack planes parked on her flight deck, aft. Note submarine approaching, in
the right distance.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center (# NH 97613). |
NHC |
NS024802 |
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Artwork reproduction of an insignia received during the 1950s.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph (# NH 70134-KN).
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