USS_Rendova_(CVE-114)_at_Gibraltar_1948.jpg
Size of this preview:
800 × 592 pixels
.
Other resolutions:
320 × 237 pixels
|
640 × 474 pixels
|
1,024 × 758 pixels
|
1,280 × 947 pixels
|
2,560 × 1,895 pixels
|
5,731 × 4,242 pixels
.
Summary
| Description |
English:
The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS
Rendova
(CVE-114) entering Gibraltar harbour in April 1948, with a deckload of aircraft, including North American T-6
Texan
training planes to be delivered to the Turkish Air Force. The photo was taken from the aircraft carrier USS
Valley Forge
(CV-45), which was then on her 'round the World cruise from 9 October 1947 to 11 June 1948. Note the Grumman F8F-1
Bearcat
fighters frim Fighter Squadrons VF-11A "Sundowners" (V-1XX) and VF-12A "Fighting Twelve" (V-2XX) in the foreground.
|
||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | April 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
| Accession number |
80-G-705546
|
||||||||||||||||||||
| Source | U.S. Navy photo 80-G-705546 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
|
This image is available from the
Naval History and Heritage Command
under the digital ID
80-G-705546
.
Most of the photos found in the NHHC collection are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used without permissions or special requirements. Those which are not will be noted in the copyright section of the NHHC image description. [1] |
|
This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the
U.S. Navy
, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a
work
of the
U.S. federal government
, it is in the
public domain
in the United States.
|
|
| This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. | ||