File:USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), USS Edson (DD-946) and USS Brush (DD-745) underway in the South China Sea, circa in 1966.jpg

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English: Ships of the U.S. Navy Task Force 77 underway in the South China Sea, circa in 1966. The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) is visible in the background. In the center are the destroyers USS Edson (DD-946) and USS Brush (DD-745) and a Charles F. Adams-class guided missile destroyer. The photo was taken from the aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CVA-19). The tail of a Douglas A-4E Skyhawk (BuNo 150085) of Attack Squadron 212 (VA-212) "Rampant Raiders" is visible in the foreground. VA-212 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 21 (CVW-21) aboard the Hancock for a deployment to Vietnam from 6 December 1965 to 1 August 1966. Kitty Hawk, with assigned CVW-11, was deployed to Vietnam from 19 October 1965 to 13 June 1966.
Date circa 1966
date QS:P,+1966-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Hancock (CVA-19) 1965-1966 cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author U.S. Navy

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