A4 Skyhawks being armed and readied on USS Oriskany

Item

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Digital Object Identifier
363-02659
Title
A4 Skyhawks being armed and readied on USS Oriskany
Description
Original caption: "Late Evening Shadows Begin to form on the flight deck of the USS Oriskany Silhouetting a group of A4 Skyhawks being armed and readied for an attack over North Vietnam." A row of jet planes sit on the deck of an aircraft carrier. Some sailors walk across the deck. The ship appears to be on the open sea.
Date
1967, Sep. 7
Subject
Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Skyhawk (Jet attack plane); Oriskany (Aircraft carrier : CVA 34); Jet planes; Aircraft carriers; Sailors; Bombing, Aerial; United States. Navy
Location
North Vietnam
Coordinates
21.0278; 105.8342
Size
20 x 25 cm
Container
B146, F4
Format
black-and-white prints (photographs)
Collection Number
MS 363
Collection Title
Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
Creator
United States. Navy
Collector
Keever, Beverly Deepe
Copyright Information
These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.
Publisher
Archives & Special Collections
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