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NavSource Online: Aircraft Carrier Photo Archive


Courtesy of CAPT Gene Oleson, CHC, USN (Ret) (bluejacket.com)	Contributed by Mike Smolinski

USS RANDOLPH (CV-15)
(later CVA-15 and CVS-15)

Photo Albums

Album of David Oestreich

After graduating from Yale, David served as a gunnery officer on USS Randolph (CVA-15). While there, in 1954–56, he took a number of pictures of the ship and flight ops.

1954–1955
"USS *Randolph* (CVA-15)" 2.03 Mb	"Flight ops." Two HUP-2 Retrievers from HU-2 Det. 36 "Fleet Angels;" AJ-1 Savage from VC-8 Det. 36 "Checkertails" 2.74 Mb	"Helo up." Two HUP-2 Retrievers from HU-2 Det. 36 "Fleet Angels;" F2H-2P Banshee from VC-62 "Fighting Photos" (left); AJ-1 Savage from VC-8 Det. 36 "Checkertails" (right) 2.69 Mb	"Flight deck." F9F-6 Cougar from VF-21 "Mach Busters" (foreground); F2H-3 Banshees from VF-41 "Black Aces" (left); AD-6 Skyraiders from VA-42 "Green Pawns" (background) 3.01 Mb
"Flight ops." F9F-6 Cougars from VF-21 "Mach Busters" (foreground and right); F2H-3 Banshees from VF-41 "Black Aces" (left); AD-6 Skyraiders from VA-42 "Green Pawns" (background) 2.05 Mb	"Cougar." F9F-6 Cougars from VF-21 "Mach Busters" (right); F2H-3 Banshees from VF-41 "Black Aces" (left); AD-6 Skyraiders from VA-42 "Green Pawns" and AJ-1 Savages from VC-8 Det. 36 "Checkertails" (background) 2.46 Mb	"Flight deck." F9F-6 Cougars from VF-21 "Mach Busters" (right); F2H-3 Banshees from VF-41 "Black Aces" (left); AD-6 Skyraiders from VA-42 "Green Pawns" and AJ-1 Savages from VC-8 Det. 36 "Checkertails" (background) 2.17 Mb	"Banshee taking off." F2H-2 Banshees from VF-34 "Blue Blasters" 2.00 Mb
"Taking off." F2H-2 Banshee from VF-34 "Blue Blasters" 2.14 Mb	"Taking off." F2H-2 Banshee from VF-34 "Blue Blasters" 2.21 Mb	"Cat fires." F2H-2 Banshee from VF-34 "Blue Blasters" 2.18 Mb	"Away she goes." F2H-2 Banshee from VF-34 "Blue Blasters" 2.39 Mb
"Away." F2H-2 Banshee from VF-34 "Blue Blasters" 2.39 Mb	"Landing." F9F-6 Cougar from VF-21 "Mach Busters" 1.98 Mb	"Landing." F9F-6 Cougar from VF-21 "Mach Busters" 1.97 Mb	"Landing." F9F-6 Cougar from VF-21 "Mach Busters" 2.02 Mb
"Wings Up." F9F-6 Cougar from VF-21 "Mach Busters" 2.18 Mb	"LSO" 2.55 Mb	"Landing." TBM-3 Avenger from VR-24 "World's Biggest Little Airline" gets waved off 2.50 Mb	"Fly By." F2H-3 Banshee from VF-41 "Black Aces" 2.03 Mb
"Get That Wire." F9F-6 Cougar from VF-21 "Mach Busters" 2.66 Mb	"Down." F2H Banshee 2.58 Mb	"Safe." F9F-6 Cougar from VF-21 "Mach Busters" 2.68 Mb	TBM-3 Avenger from VR-24 "World's Biggest Little Airline" launching; F2H-3 Banshees from VF-41 "Black Aces" and AJ-1 Savage from VC-8 Det. 36 "Checkertails" (right) 2.04 Mb
	'3"/50 Firing.' F2H-2 Banshee from VF-34 "Blue Blasters" 2.28 Mb	"Attack." These appear to be AD-4N Skyraiders from VC-33 Det. 36 "Night Hawks" 2.07 Mb

Album of William Gwaltney

Photos submitted by Paul Gwaltney on behalf of his father, LT(JG) William Gwaltney (USNR, Retired), who was an AD-5W pilot assigned to VAW-12.

1956–1957
Fire power demonstration 264 Kb	Fire power demonstration 379 Kb	Fire power demonstration 300 Kb	AJ-1 Savage, VAH-11 "Checkertails" Det. 36 591 Kb
AD-5W Skyraider, VAW-12 "Bats" Det. 36 563 Kb	AD-5W Skyraider, VAW-12 "Bats" Det. 36 354 Kb	AD-5W Skyraider, VAW-12 "Bats" Det. 36 597 Kb	AD-5W Skyraider, VAW-12 "Bats" Det. 36 587 Kb
AD-5N Skyraider, VA(AW)-33 "Night Hawks" Det. 36 (tail code "SS") and AD-5W Skyraider, VAW-12 "Bats" Det. 36 ("NE") 535 Kb	F9F-8 Cougar, VA-46 "Clansmen" 626 Kb	F9F-8 Cougar, VA-46 "Clansmen" 521 Kb	F9F-8 Cougar, VA-46 "Clansmen" 246 Kb

Album of Sully Augustine

LT(JG) Sully Augustine took pictures of flight ops aboard USS Randolph in 1967.

Thanks to Bob Canchola, BT, USS Oriskany, 1971–73, for his help

1967
S-2E Trackers parked on the forward flight deck 296 Kb	E-1B Tracer recovering aboard, and a squadron mate parked on the flight deck 249 Kb	S-2E Tracker recovering aboard 305 Kb	S-2E Tracker has just recovered aboard *Randolph* 278 Kb
S-2E Tracker, VS-24 "Duty Cats." 343 Kb	SH-3D Sea King, BuNo 152694, AU53, HS-3 "Tridents." (Later converted to SH-3H and UH-3H; transferred to Canada as a training airframe in 2001.) 382 Kb	SH-3D Sea King, BuNo 152710, AU65, HS-3 "Tridents." (Later upgraded to SH-3G.) 312 Kb	SH-3D Sea King, HS-3 "Tridents" (appears to be AU65 again). 307 Kb
SH-3D Sea King, HS-3 "Tridents." 230 Kb	SH-3D Sea Kings, HS-3 "Tridents." 247 Kb	SH-3D Sea King, HS-3 "Tridents." E-1B Tracer (with its radar "dish") and S-2E Tracker on deck. 313 Kb	SH-3D Sea King, BuNo 152708, modex AU63, HS-3 "Tridents." 331 Kb
	One of the HS-3 "Tridents" SH-3D Sea Kings in flight. 214 Kb	S-2E Tracker, BuNo 152360, modex AU18, VS-24 "Duty Cats." 290 Kb