File:USS Coral Sea (CVB-43) underway at sea on 11 February 1948 (NNAM.1996.488.120.007).jpg

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Description The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CVB-43) during her shakedown cruise in 1948. As shown in this photo Coral Sea was completed with 14 - rather than 18 - 5"(12.7 cm)/54 guns as compared to her sister ships Midway and Franklin D. Roosevelt. The various Douglas AD Skykraider and Vought F4U Corsair aircraft were probably of Carrier Air Group 5 (CVBG-5).
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Source Official U.S. Navy photograph NH 97648, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. NNAM.1996.488.120.007
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current21:16, 12 October 2011Thumbnail for version as of 21:16, 12 October 20111,883 × 1,481 (1.5 MB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)NMNA photo
23:17, 1 December 2007Thumbnail for version as of 23:17, 1 December 2007740 × 585 (164 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=The aircraft carrier ''USS Coral Sea (CVB-43)'' in 1948. As shown in this photo ''Coral Sea'' was completed with 14 - rather than 18 - 5"(12.7 cm)/54 guns as compared to her sister ships ''Midway'' and ''Franklin D. Roosevelt''.

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