USS Midway (CV-41)

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Old seal (before 1970s)
English: USS Midway (CV-41) is an aircraft carrier launched in 1945 and as of 2005 a museum ship in San Diego.
Deutsch: Die USS Midway (CV-41) war ein Flugzeugträger der United States Navy, der von 1945 bis 1992 im Einsatz war. Seit 2005 ist sie Museumsschiff in San Diego.


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Construction and commissioning [edit]

  • Midway under construction, March 1945

  • Just before christening

  • Midway's sponsor, Mrs. Bradford D. Ripley, II and Lieutenant George Gay

  • Comissioning, 10 September 1945

1945 - 1955 [edit]

  • Bowshot of the newly commissioned Midway

  • Midway during shakedown in the carribean

  • Operation Frostbite in northern Atlantic, March 1946

  • A Curtiss SB2C Helldiver of torpedo squadron VT-74 Beasts being loaded with a torpedo during Operation Frostbite in March 1946

  • USS Midway (CVB-41) underway in th Atlantic Ocean in 1946-47

  • Launch of V2 rocket from Midway's flight deck

  • Off Sicily, February 1949

  • A P2V Neptune prepares to take off from the USS Midway on April 7, 1949.

  • Firth of Clyde, Scotland, September 1952

  • At Gibraltar 1954

1957 - 1968 [edit]

  • After SCB-110

  • USS Midway (CV-41) underway 1963.jpg

  • Two Vought F-8 Crusaders prepare to launch from the Midway, 1963

  • Pilots describe their air-to-air maneuvers

  • October 1965

  • Douglas A-1 of VA-25 equipped with "special bomb"

1971 - 1992 [edit]

  • 1971

  • in 1974

  • CH-53 helicopters aboard USS Midway, during Operation Frequent Wind, April 1975

  • A soviet Il-38 observes Midway

  • Damaged by collision with panamanian freighter Cactus

  • A-6 Intruder takes off

  • Bow view 1983

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  • An A-7 Corsair II crashes onboard

  • In Yokosuka 1984

  • Midway in 1984

  • 1985

  • F-4 Phantom landing

  • Drydocked

  • Battle Group Alpha 1987 around Midway and Iowa

  • Aerial view of Midway at pier in Yokosuka

  • Evacuees from Clark Air Base and Naval Station Subic bay in Midway's hangar

  • Leaving Yokosuka

  • Prior to decommissioning

As museum [edit]

  • The decommissioned aircraft carrier Midway prepares to moor at its final resting place

  • 2005 - San Diego skyline from deck of USS Midway aircraft carrier museum at night during Christmas season

  • From pier

  • On flight deck

  • Tower from pier

  • Tower from flight deck

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