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The Aircraft Carrier Archive currently contains 240 pages with 14,136 still images and 22 video clips
Next update to the Aircraft Carrier Archive is scheduled for

September 27, 2021

CV-14 Ticonderoga Added three photos (0214ana–0214anb, 0214cb).
CV-16 Lexington Added two photos (0216ac, 0216ab).
CVL-22 Independence Added five photos (022223k–022223m).
CVL-23 Princeton Added one photo (022326e).
CVL-24 Belleau Wood Added one photo (022440).
CVL-26 Monterey Replaced one photo (022630a). Added one photo (022640).
CVL-27 Langley Added one photo (022758).
CVL-28 Cabot Added three photos (022886e–022886g).
CVL-29 Bataan Enlarged one photo (022906). Added one photo (022909a).
CVL-30 San Jacinto Enlarged one photo and updated caption (023012c). Added two photos (023038–023038a).
CV-34 Oriskany Updated listing of the ship's commanding officers.
CV-41 Midway Added nine photos (0241ce–0241cea, 0241cf, 0241cg, 0241aaf–0241aae).
CV-58 United States Added one image (025807).
CV-59 Forrestal Added one photo (0259ed).
CV-60 Saratoga Added two images (0260ay, 026093b).
CV-67 John F. Kennedy Updated listing of the ship's commanding officers.


September 14, 2021

CV-6 Enterprise Enlarged photos and updated captions (020699–020696). Updated captions (020684–020618).
CV-11 Intrepid Added four photos (0211ale–0211ald).
CV-12 Hornet Added two photos (0212and–0212ane). Enlarged photo and updated caption (021248).
CV-13 Franklin Added one photo (021368).
CV-14 Ticonderoga Added two photos (0214ca–0214caa).
CV-15 Randolph Added one photo (0215ae).
CV-16 Lexington Added two photos (0216aa–0216aaa).
CV-17 Bunker Hill Added one issue of The Monument.
CV-18 Wasp Added one photo (0218az).
CV-19 Hancock Added one photo (0219ak).
CV-20 Bennington Added two photos (022075a2–022075a3).
CV-21 Boxer Added one image (022171).
CV-34 Oriskany Aded 12 photos (0234cr–0234crc, 0234cs–0234csg).
CVN-65 Enterprise Added two photos (0265fd, 026590a). Enlarged one photo (026590).
CVN-69 Dwight D. Eisenhower Added six photos (0269bg, 0269bh–0269bhd).


September 2, 2021

Rigid Airships & "Flying Aircraft Carriers"
ZR-3 Los Angeles Added one photo (02990339).
ZRS-4 Akron Added one photo (02990448).
ZRS-5 Macon Added two photos (02990546–02990546a).

Aircraft Carriers
CV-2 Lexington Added one item of memorabilia (0202bc).
CV-3 Saratoga Added one image (0203am).
CV-4 Ranger Added one photo (020479).
CV-5 Yorktown Added one photo (020527e).
CV-6 Enterprise Updated listing of the ship's commanding officers and captions for two photos (020675, 0206am). Renumbered photo 0206ae to 020675a and updated caption. Added one photo (0206ae).
CV-7 Wasp Added one image (020756).
CV-8 Hornet Added two photos (0405228–020808e).
CV-9 Essex Added five photos (0209cd–0209cdd).
CV-10 Yorktown Added one photo (021021b).
CVN-65 Enterprise Enlarged one photo and updated caption (0265ei). Added two photos (0265fb, 0265fc).
CVN-68 Nimitz Enlarged one photo (026890). Added three photos (0268ca, 0268by, 0268bz).
CVN-72 Abraham Lincoln Updated listing of the ship's commanding officers. Added four photos (027246a, 0272ax, 0272aw–0272awa).
CVN-75 Harry S. Truman Added two photos (0275ad, 0275ae).
CVN-76 Ronald Reagan Updated listing of the ship's commanding officers.
CVN-79 John F. Kennedy Added one photo (0265fc).


August 19, 2021

Rigid Airships & "Flying Aircraft Carriers"
ZR-1 Shenandoah Added one photo (02990152).

Aircraft Carriers
CV-1 Langley Added three photos (020117a–020117c).
CV-34 Oriskany Replaced one photo (0234cc). Added 13 photos (0234cq–0234cqf, 0234cnl–0234cno).
CV-64 Constellation Added two photos (0264cc, 0264cd).
CVN-65 Enterprise Added 12 photos (0265eia–0265eij, 0265fa–0265faa).
CVN-78 Gerald R. Ford Added two photos (027862–027862a).
CVN-79 John F. Kennedy Added one photo (027925c).
CVN-81 Doris Miller Added one image (028101h).


August 2, 2021

CV-9 Essex Added three images (0209cb, 0209cc, 0209ca).
CV-34 Oriskany Added 13 photos (0234cob–0234coa, 023442d, 0234cne–0234cnk, 0234cp–0234cpa).
CV-60 Saratoga Added two photos (0260aw, 0260ax).
CVN-68 Nimitz Updated listing of the ship's commanding officers.
CVN-69 Dwight D. Eisenhower Added one photo (0269bf).
CVN-70 Carl Vinson Added one photo (0270ai).
CVN-71 Theodore Roosevelt Added three photos (0271ac–0271acb).
CVN-72 Abraham Lincoln Added one photo (0272av).
CVN-73 George Washington Added one photo (0273az).
CVN-74 John C. Stennis Enlarged one photo (027469) and added four photos (027469a–027469c, 0274adb).
CVN-75 Harry S. Truman Added two photos (0275ac, 027525a).
CVN-76 Ronald Reagan Added one photo (0276bs).
CVN-77 George H.W. Bush Added two photos (027754c, 027788).


July 24, 2021

CV-1 Langley Enlarged photo (020104). Added two photos (020175–020175a). Updated captions (020143, 020119).
CV-2 Lexington Updated caption (0202bb).
CV-42 Franklin D. Roosevelt Added four photos (0242bi–0242bib, 0242bh).
CV-43 Coral Sea Added nine photos (0243aca–0243aci) and one patch (1).
CVL-48 Saipan Added one photo (024856).
CV-59 Forrestal Added two photos (0259ec, 091914724).
CV-60 Saratoga Added one photo (0260av).
CV-61 Ranger Added one photo (0261az).
CV-62 Independence Added one photo (0262ah).
CV-63 Kitty Hawk Added two photos (0263dj–0263dja).
CV-64 Constellation Added four photos (0264cb, 0264ase–0264asg).
CVN-65 Enterprise Added one photo (0265dsc).
CV-66 America Added four photos (1–4).
CV-67 John F. Kennedy Added one photo (0267da).
CVN-68 Nimitz Enlarged one photo (026896b). Added one photo (0268bx).
CVN-69 Dwight D. Eisenhower Updated Unit Awards, Campaign and Service Medals and Ribbons.


July 11, 2021

 Added one cover to the US Aircraft Carriers Postal Covers page (1).
CV-1 Langley Corrected captions (020102, 013916a, 020160, 014827s). Replaced one photo (020127).
CV-2 Lexington Enlarged one photo (020221). Added two photos (0202aye, 0202bb).
CV-33 Kearsarge Added two photos (023393–023393a).
CV-34 Oriskany Added two photos (023427s–023427t).
CV-36 Antietam Added one photo (023625a).
CV-37 Princeton Added two photos (023749, 0834933).
CV-38 Shangri-La Added 21 photos (1–10, 0238al–0238alc, 0238ak, 0238aif–0238aik). Enlarged one photo (023873).
CV-39 Lake Champlain Enlarged one photo (023910). Added one photo (0239bh).
CV-40 Tarawa Added one photo (024070).
CV-41 Midway Added five photos (1–5).
CV-42 Franklin D. Roosevelt Added two patches (024232f–024232g).
CV-43 Coral Sea Added one photo (0243bp).
CV-45 Valley Forge Added one photo (024576).
CV-47 Philippine Sea Added one photo (0247ab).
CV-60 Saratoga Enlarged one photo (026057).
CV-67 John F. Kennedy Added biography of her 4th commanding officer.
CVN-73 George Washington Updated list of the ship's commanding officers.


June 27, 2021

CV-14 Ticonderoga Enlarged two photos (0214bc, 021490). Added five photos (021467e, 0214bz–0214bzc).
CVL-24 Belleau Wood Added one photo (022439).
CVL-26 Monterey Added one photo (022639).
CVL-27 Langley Enlarged and renamed one photo, and updated caption (022715a). Added three photos (022715b–022715c, 022752).
CVL-28 Cabot Added five photos (022886–022886d).
CVL-29 Bataan Enlarged one photo (022909). Added one photo (022913e).
CVL-30 San Jacinto Added one photo (023037).
CV-31 Bon Homme Richard Added three photos (023173l–023173n).
CV-32 Leyte Added four photos from the Collection of Robert Carey (1, 2, 3, 4).
CV-38 Shangri-La Added 29 photos (0238aj, 2–26, 023823a–023823c) and enlarged one photo (023823).
CV-67 John F. Kennedy Added five photos (026778l–026778m, 026776d–026776f). Enlarged one photo (026778b).

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