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[dujardin]

USS Bellau wood 1945

USS Lexington

Lt Beery

survival training, note the shoes

byeeeeeeeee marcel

 

[PENSACOLA CVT-16]

Awesome pics...USS LEXINGTON...

my dad was on the CVT-16 one...Pensacola


Fly Navy!!!!

 

[Chandler]

Interesting that a US aircraft carrier was named after a WW1 ground battle. Anyone with insight on that?

Chandler

 

[navvet]

CVT-16 was at Pensacola when I went through primary flight training ,1974 to 1975. We were land based student naval aviators but we would visit the ship occasionally.

 

[Stony]

I met one of the LSOs from the Belleau Wood named John Harper. He told an interesting story about landing planes at night during the Marianas Turkey Shoot where a plane was on final and would do everything the opposite from the signals he was giving them. As the plane got close he noticed that it had red meatballs on the side so he waved it off. I imagine that the Japanese pilot about shited his drawers when he realized where he almost landed.

 

[zoomer]

Interesting that a US aircraft carrier was named after a WW1 ground battle. Anyone with insight on that?

Well, it was primarily a Marine engagement.

 

[SuinBruin]

Interesting that a US aircraft carrier was named after a WW1 ground battle. Anyone with insight on that?

Chandler

Plenty of carriers have been named after land battles, albeit usually from the Revolutionary War. USS Saratoga, USS Bunker Hill, USS Lexington....

 

[jack aranda]

How about the Boxer?

 

[galvestonokie]

boxer rebellion, another USMC fight.

 

[SuinBruin]

Looks like the War of 1812 (USS Lake Champlain) and Civil War (USS Antietam) have also been represented in the U.S. carrier fleet. (Though it looks like these names are now borne by cruisers.)

 

[PENSACOLA CVT-16]

CVT-16 was at Pensacola when I went through primary flight training ,1974 to 1975. We were land based student naval aviators but we would visit the ship occasionally.

Yup, as I had mentioned...USS Lexington...at Pensacola. Maybe we know you, send a PM. Beautiful place back then...

Take care.

 

[Chandler]

Plenty of carriers have been named after land battles, albeit usually from the Revolutionary War. USS Saratoga, USS Bunker Hill, USS Lexington....

I see what you mean, but those were American locations before they had battles named for them, same with Bruin's examples.

I can see the Marine connection to the Belleau Wood if the squadron on board was all Marine Aviation.

Not sure where to place the Boxer in the mix either -- was it actually named after the rebellion?

Chandler

 

[EMBLEMHUNTER]

USS Bellau wood 1945 patch on leather jacket man in photo is the emblem of VF-30

USS Lexington

Lt Beery

survival training, note the shoes

byeeeeeeeee marcel