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80-G-437711 USS Essex (CV-9)

Photo #: 80-G-437711  USS Essex (CV-9)
Title: USS Essex (CV-9)
Description: A sailor walks past two F9F Panther jet fighters as the carrier steams through a snow storm off the coast of Korea. Photo is dated 18 January 1952. Note: bombs on the planes' wings, loaded in preparation for a resumption of air strikes; and arrangement of tie-down cables between the wings and the flight deck. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-437711
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