USS Midway (CV-41)

Midway under construction, March 1945

Just before christening

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

Comissioning, 10 September 1945

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

After SCB-110

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

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

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

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