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This carrier patch has it all

 

USS RANGER (CV-61) Operation Desert Storm 1991

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WAR IN THE GULF - Battlegroup Echo - COMCARGRU 7 - CVW-2 - We Own The Night

 
In 1991 BATTLE GROUP ECHO CONSISTED OF USS RANGER (CV-61) with COMCARGRU-7 & CVW-2 embarked, USS WABASH (AOR 5), AND USS MAUNA KEA (AOE 22) and CRUISER DESTROYER GROUP THREE - USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50), USS CHOSIN (CG 62), USS KINKAID (DD 965), USS HARRY W. HILL (DD-986), USS KIRK (FF 1087)
 
Operation Desert Storm saw the Ranger do a three-month stint in the Persian Gulf, arriving Jan. 15 following a 39-day transit. Less than 48 hours after arriving, the Ranger’s air wing began pounding Iraqi troops in Iraq and Kuwait.
 
The planes flew more than 4,200 sorties against the enemy and dropped more than 4.3-million pounds of bombs. One aircraft with two pilots aboard was lost.
 
“The sense of patriotism and mission were clear,” said Capt. Jay Campbell, a Vietnam veteran who commanded the 2,200-man air wing. “Our fighting crew was disappointed that we didn’t have more of an opportunity to engage them (Iraqi warplanes),” he said. Los Angeles Times

 

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USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB/CVA/CV-42) 

Not sure when this dates from 50's 60s?  I'm not very knowledgeable about USN patches.

This is on the front of a 1950  G-1 with a blue bolts patch, the jacket also has Korean war VF-112 and CAG-11 patches.

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USS PRINCETON (CV-37) later CVA-37, CVS-37 and LPH-5.  'Long hull' Essex class carrier in service 1945 to 1970

 

Anti-submarine carrier (1954–1959)  In January 1954, Princeton was reclassified CVS-37 and, after conversion at Bremerton, Washington, took up antisubmarine/ Hunter-Killer (HUK) training operations in the eastern Pacific. For the next five years she alternated HUK exercises off the West Coast with similar operations in the western Pacific and, in late 1957-early 1958, in the Indian Ocean–Persian Gulf area.

 

Printed on woven fabric circa 1954-1959

 

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Same patch design (1954-1959) cut edge

 

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USS PRINCETON (CVS-37) Hunter Killer Tiger patch circa 1954-1959

 

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On 2/17/2018 at 7:38 AM, bronxboymike said:

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Great Screw patch, "Olongapo's Own".

 

I need to start up a topic on USN patches with Screws or Screwed depicted on them, there's over a hundred of them.

 

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USS SHANGRI-LA (CVA-38)

 Cold War FOX DIVISION from a crewmember who served aboard in 1961

 

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FOX DIVISION Fire Control - Cold War Mig Killers

 

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USS RANGER (CV-4) Named to commemorate five US warships which had previously borne the name. "Ranger" means "one who wanders; military scout." Secretary of the Navy Charles F. Adams assigned the name on December 10, 1930.  CV-4 was the first US warship designed and built from the keel up as an aircraft carrier.  Sponsored by Mrs. Lou Henry Hoover, wife of Herbert Hoover, the outgoing President of the United States. Mrs. Hoover, who smashed a bottle of Prohibition-era grape juice on the bow of the ship, thus became the first First Lady to christen an aircraft carrier.

 

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Poor depiction of the 'Ranger' on this foreign made patch, unknown maker (might be NCHS reproduction)

 

Commissioned on Monday, June 4, 1934.  Decommissioned on Friday, October 18, 1946.

She served in the Atlantic in 1941–1944, participated in the North African invasion, and the October, 1943 raid on Norway. Used as a training ship from 1944 to the end of the war.  Fate: Sold for scrap to Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, Pa., January 28, 1947.

 

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Photographed from a Naval Air Station, Hampton Roads, Virginia, aircraft on 6 July 1944. Note her camouflage paint scheme.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-236719)

 

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Starboard view of USS Ranger (CV-4) at Norfolk, 11 July 1944, wearing camouflage 33/1A. Some of the antennas have been censored.

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), photo # 80-G-180197.

 

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On 11/6/2021 at 3:20 PM, Salvage Sailor said:

USS SHANGRI-LA (CVA-38) Cold War FOX DIVISION from a crewmember who served aboard in 1961

 

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FOX DIVISION Fire Control - Cold War Mig Killers

 

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...more from the USS SHANGRI-LA (CVA-38)

 

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"The Cats" - CATAPULT TEAM

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Aerographer Mates - Naval Weather Service

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USS RANDOLPH (CVS-15) Essex class CV in service 1944 to 1969

From a Radarman of ASW Task Group Alfa (1959-1962)

OI DIVISION - EYES AND EARS OF TASK GROUP ALFA

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FLAGSHIP TASK GROUP ALFA 1962

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CATCC USS AMERICA (CV-66) 1978

Carrier Air Traffic Control Center (CATCC)

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"BRING THEM ON"

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Another USS RANGER TOP GUN patch, personalized by the sailor on his1968-1968 Vietnam cruise

 

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Roadrunner patch made by 'WILL' in the S-6 Aviation Supply Division - Top Gun Express

USS RANGER (CVA-61) VIETNAM 1968-1969

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USS RANGER Supply Department S-6 Division Aviation Supply/Stores

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USS CONSTELLATION (CV-64) WESTPAC 1985

FIRST CRUISE F/A-18

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WESTPAC '85 Indian Ocean

 

In January 1983, Constellation entered the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for a 13-month complex overhaul, during which the ship's Terrier missile system was replaced with NATO Sea Sparrow, the Phalanx Close-In Weapon System was added and modifications were made to allow the carrier to operate the new F/A-18A Hornet strike aircraft. 

 

"Go Ahead Make My Day"

 

Connie deployed from February to August 1985 with CVW-14 embarked, marking the first deployment for the F/A-18. As part of this deployment, Constellation, and escorts including USS Jacksonville (SSN-699), USS Worden (CG-18), USS Camden (AOE-2), USS Crommelin (FFG-37) and USS Fletcher (DD-992), made a port call at Mombasa in Kenya.  It was during this deployment that Constellation gained her motto, "Go Ahead Make My Day", which was painted on the ship's island; a direct quote from President Ronald Reagan in response to terrorist threats made against Constellation when she responded to the American hostage crisis of 1985 TWA Flight 847. For their performance in 1985, Constellation's crew earned the Meritorious Unit Citation, and the ship herself received the Secretary of the Navy's Environmental Protection Award.

 

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I have a habit of searching through file folders and cabinets at veteran estates sales, the medals were gone, the uniforms were gone but...

 

This is why...

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Lexington was decommissioned at Bremerton, Washington, on 23 April 1947, and entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet. While in reserve, she was designated attack carrier CVA-16 on 1 October 1952. In September 1953, Lexington entered the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. She received the Essex-class SCB-27C and SCB-125 conversions in one refit, being then able to operate the most modern jet aircraft. The most visible distinguishing features were an angled flight deck, steam catapults, a new island, and the hurricane bow.

 

Lexington was recommissioned on 15 August 1955, Captain A. S. Heyward Jr. in command. Assigned to San Diego as her home port, she operated off California until May 1956, sailing then for a six-month deployment with the 7th Fleet. She based on Yokosuka for exercises, maneuvers, and search and rescue missions off the coast of China, and called at major Far Eastern ports until returning San Diego on 20 December. She next trained Air Group 12, which deployed with her on the next 7th Fleet deployment. Arriving Yokosuka on 1 June 1957, Lexington embarked Rear Admiral H. D. Riley, Commander Carrier Division 1, and sailed as his flagship until returning San Diego on 17 October.

 

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I have a habit of searching through file folders and cabinets at veteran estates sales, the medals were gone, the uniforms were gone but...

 

This is why...

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Lexington was decommissioned at Bremerton, Washington, on 23 April 1947, and entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet. While in reserve, she was designated attack carrier CVA-16 on 1 October 1952. In September 1953, Lexington entered the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. She received the Essex-class SCB-27C and SCB-125 conversions in one refit, being then able to operate the most modern jet aircraft. The most visible distinguishing features were an angled flight deck, steam catapults, a new island, and the hurricane bow.

 

Lexington was recommissioned on 15 August 1955, Captain A. S. Heyward Jr. in command. Assigned to San Diego as her home port, she operated off California until May 1956, sailing then for a six-month deployment with the 7th Fleet. She based on Yokosuka for exercises, maneuvers, and search and rescue missions off the coast of China, and called at major Far Eastern ports until returning San Diego on 20 December. She next trained Air Group 12, which deployed with her on the next 7th Fleet deployment. Arriving Yokosuka on 1 June 1957, Lexington embarked Rear Admiral H. D. Riley, Commander Carrier Division 1, and sailed as his flagship until returning San Diego on 17 October.

 

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shhhhh! don't tell the world!!  I do the same thing lol - nice find.

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On 7/6/2019 at 3:17 PM, Salvage Sailor said:

Aloha Dennie,

 

Nice large christmas tree PLAT patch

 

PLAT (Pilot/LSO Landing Aid Television)

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Another 6" PLAT patch, pre-1975, Japanese made

 

PLATMAN

USS CORAL SEA (CVA-43)

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IC Rate Aviation Interior Communications Electrician

PLAT (Pilot/LSO Landing Aid Television)

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USS HANCOCK (CVA-19)

Three war Essex class in service 1944 to 1976

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All patches Cold War/Vietnam Era 

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USS Henderson (DD-785) steaming in the wake of USS Keppler (DD-765), alongside USS Hancock (CVA-19) in the South China Sea operations area, 20 February 1967, rendering honors for LT Robert C. Marvin, whose A-1H Skyraider (BuNo 139805, VA-115 "Arabs") crashed into the Gulf of Tonkin on 14 February, during a RESCAP mission.

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Japanese made

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A Grumman F11F-1 Tiger assigned to VA-156 "Iron Tigers," modex NL111, on the starboard catapult of USS Hancock (CVA-19), November 1957, as plane NL110 is on the forward elevator. VA-156 was one of the first fleet units to fly F11F's, and, skippered by CDR Jack C. Fruin, was conducting CarQuals aboard Hancock along with VF-154 "Grand Slammers" (equipped with F8U-1 Crusaders) and VA-113 "Stingers" (A4D-1 Skyhawks).

San Francisco Naval Shipyard—Hunters Point, Historical Shipyard Photographic Collection 1904-74, NARA Pacific Region (San Francisco).

 

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Green Shirts - The Cats (Catapult)

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1958

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Personalized Patch V-6 Division 1958-1959 Med Cruise

USS HANCOCK (CVA-19) COMCARDIV 1, Carrier Air Group 15 embarked

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USS HANCOCK (CVA) 19 1958 Cruise Book
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F-8J Crusaders, Fighter Squadron (VF) 211 "Checkmates," Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 21, aboard USS Hancock (CVA-19), Sasebo, Japan, late 1969.

 

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USS HANCOCK (CVA-19) AIMD

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September 1972. This A-4F Skyhawk (NP-302, BuNo 154990) of VA-212 "Rampant Raiders," part of Carrier Air Wing 21 (CVW-21), and flown by LT Weller, had to make an Emergency Barricade Landing after low oil pressure problems. Official US Navy photograph (# CVA-19-9212-A-9-72)

 

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USS HANCOCK (CVA-19 REEF RAIDER SKIN DIVING CLUB

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Operation Midlink '74

US, UK, IRAN, PAKISTAN & TURKEY

sponsored by the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) November 1974

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U.S. IN EXERCISE IN IRAN OCEAN

By Drew Middleton

Nov. 21, 1974 New York Times

 

Ships from the United States, Britain, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey, including the 60,000 ton American carrier Constellation, are participating in the largest naval exercise ever held in the Indian Ocean.

 

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The exercise, Midlink 74, is sponsored by the Central Treaty Organization, known popularly as CENTO. Britain, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey are full members, and the United States is a member of its military, economic and countersubversion committees.

 

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The Constellation heads an eight‐ship American force that includes the command ship La Salle, two guided missile destroyers, two destroyer escorts, a fast support ship and a nuclear‐powered submarine.

 

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USS LA SALLE, COMIDEASTFOR, ARABIA SEA

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According to qualified military sources, the exercise in the Arabian Sea.’ arm of the Indian Ocean, between India and the Arabian peninsula, is designed:. to demonstrate the alliances naval strength in the approaches to the Persian Gulf and the world's richest oil reserves. Soviet air and sea activity, has recently increased in the area.

 

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Said to ‘Be for Training'

A communique issued at alliance’ headquarters in Ankara, Turkey, described Midlink 74, which will end Nov. 30, as training exercise in joint operations. It was described officially as the largest ever held in the Indian Ocean.

 

In addition to the American squadron, the alliance force includes a British nuclear‐powered submarine, probably of the Valiant class. Destroyers and frigates of the modernized Iranian Navy and destroyers of Pakistan and Turkey are also taking part in the operation.

 

The exercise, according to well‐placed sources, is expected to balance a growing Soviet presence in the area symbolized by the recent’ deployment in the Arabian Sea of the Leningrad, a cruiser‐helicopter carrier, and by the establishment of Russian naval and air facilities at Aden in Southern Yemen, on the island of Socotra, also part of Southern Yemen, at the mouth of the Gulf of Aden and at Berbera, Somaliland.

 

American and British naval sources considered the operation particularly important to Iran. Her position as the primary naval power in the Persian Gulf area has been challenged by frequent visits by Soviet squadrons to Umm Qasr, the Iraqi port at the head of the gulf.

 

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View of USS Constellation's starboard quarter Terrier guided-missile installation, including a Mark 10 launcher with two missiles and an SPG-55A guidance radar. Taken in the Indian Ocean during Operation Midlink '74, 16 November 1974, by PHCS(AC) Robert L. Lawson. Aircraft on the carrier's flight deck include an SH-3A Sea King (BuNo 152134) of Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron (HS) 6 "Indians" and an RA-5C Vigilante (BuNo 156610) of Reconnaissance Attack Squadron (RVAH) 5 "Savage Sons." Many of the crewmen on the flight deck are carrying chairs.

 

The Iraqi Navy has fewer than 20 vessels. Her relations with Iran have deteriorated. A Soviet‐Iraqi treaty of April, 1972, provides that the Soviet Navy can use Umm. Qasr at will and that, in return, Moscow will help strengthen the Iraqi navy.

 

Assistance has taken the form, according to western intelligence analysts, of the supply of Komar and Osa‐class missile patrol boats. Their presence, the source said, measurably reduces Iranian freedom of action in the narrow waters of the Persian Gulf. India Expresses ‘Concern’ Special to The New York Times NEW DELHI, Nov. 20—Defense Minister Swaran Singh told Parliament today of India's “deep concern” about a joint naval exercise in the Indian Ocean by the United States, Britain, Pakistan, Iran and Turkey. He said that Pakistan was host to the exercises which he said were the “biggest ever” held under the Central Treaty Organization. “I hope Pakistan would realize it is not in its own interest to embark on an adventurist course in regards to India,” Mr. Singh warned. He did not speak harshly about the United States. In answer to a question of a Communist member on how the Government viewed these exercises because they closely followd a goodwill visit to India by Secretary of State Kissinger. Mr. Singh said: “It's because these actions of the United States we want to improve our relatitis with that comity.”

 

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Salvage Sailor
On 3/17/2023 at 12:04 PM, Salvage Sailor said:

I have a habit of searching through file folders and cabinets at veteran estates sales, the medals were gone, the uniforms were gone but...

 

This is why...

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USS LEXINGTON (CVA-116) 'The Blue Ghost', 1957 Cruise Patch & Ships HistoryCV16CVS16USSLEXINGTON1957Cruise002.JPG.646104cd4e2001089d39785302c93ec6.JPG

 

Lexington was decommissioned at Bremerton, Washington, on 23 April 1947, and entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet. While in reserve, she was designated attack carrier CVA-16 on 1 October 1952. In September 1953, Lexington entered the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. She received the Essex-class SCB-27C and SCB-125 conversions in one refit, being then able to operate the most modern jet aircraft. The most visible distinguishing features were an angled flight deck, steam catapults, a new island, and the hurricane bow.

 

Lexington was recommissioned on 15 August 1955, Captain A. S. Heyward Jr. in command. Assigned to San Diego as her home port, she operated off California until May 1956, sailing then for a six-month deployment with the 7th Fleet. She based on Yokosuka for exercises, maneuvers, and search and rescue missions off the coast of China, and called at major Far Eastern ports until returning San Diego on 20 December. She next trained Air Group 12, which deployed with her on the next 7th Fleet deployment. Arriving Yokosuka on 1 June 1957, Lexington embarked Rear Admiral H. D. Riley, Commander Carrier Division 1, and sailed as his flagship until returning San Diego on 17 October.

 

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More from the 'Blue Ghost'...

 

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USS LEXINGTON (CV-16), 28 May 1943, off the north-central east coast of the United States, during her shakedown cruise. (Colorized photo.)

Note how weathered her paint is after barely 3.5 months in commission.

National Archives and Records Administration ID 6922683. National Archives at Boston. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

 

USS LEXINGTON (CVA-16)

Essex class aircraft carrier Initially named Cabot after the Continental Navy brig of that name (1775–1777). Renamed LEXINGTON, 16 June 1942, to honor CV-2 (lost one month earlier at the Battle of the Coral Sea), thus becoming the fifth US warship to bear the name of the town in Massachusetts where Minutemen fought a detachment of British troops, 19 April 1775, opening the Revolutionary War with the "shot heard round the world." The name Cabot was subsequently assigned to CVL-28.

 

FAR EAST patch i.e. WESTPAC

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Reclassified as an "Attack Aircraft Carrier" and redesignated CVA-16, 1 October 1952, while in reserve

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WESTPAC 1961-1962 CVG-14

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USS LEXINGTON DENTAL, COMCARDIV ONE TASK FORCE 77

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USS LEXINGTON (CVS-16)

Reclassified as an "Antisubmarine Warfare Support Aircraft Carrier" and redesignated CVS-16, 1 October 1962

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USS LEXINGTON (CVT-16)

Replaced USS Antietam (CVS-36) as aviation training carrier in the Gulf of Mexico (homeported at Pensacola), 29 December 1962.

Reclassified as a training carrier and redesignated CVT-16, 1 January 1969. CVT designation was rerated as "auxiliary," 23 September 1970

 

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Matsuo Trading Co. Japan, 1972

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USS LEXINGTON (AVT-16)

Reclassified as auxiliary aircraft landing training ship, and redesignated AVT-16, 1 July 1978.

Lexington was the last Essex-class carrier in commission, and the last on the Naval Vessel Register.

Following her last qualification period, she had accomplished more than 493,000 arrested landings (493,248 according to DANFS; 493,760 according to "Naval Aviation News," July–August 1991 issue).

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Swiss Tex 1978

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