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Aerial view of the French aircraft carrier Bearn, with a house for scale.
 

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USS Sable (IX-81), formerly the side-paddlewheel passenger ship Greater Buffalo, during her service as a training ship on the Great Lakes. 51,000 landings were made on her during the war. Note the Wildcat nose down on the deck with an interested crowd inspecting the mishap.
 

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Stern view of USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) anchored at Hong Kong, in 1972. Coral Sea, with assigned Attack Carrier Air Wing 15 (CVW-15), was deployed to the Western Pacific and Vietnam from 12 November 1971 to 17 July 1972. USN photo.
 

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USS Forrestal (CVA-59) underway off the Philippines approximately one month after fires and explosions damaged her off Vietnam on 29 July 1967.
 

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USS Franklin D Roosevelt (CVB-42) aka "Swanky Franky" in her pre-refit straight deck guise. Midway class carrier, launched 1945, scrapped 1977. Note the F2H-2 Banshees & the extremely awkward looking (though successful) Sikorsky HO3S helicopters.
 

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USS Santee (CVE-29) crewmen checking Mark XVII 325 pound depth bombs on the hangar deck, at the time of the North Africa Operation, November 1942
 

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German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin shortly before launching, Deutsche Werke shipyard, Kiel, Germany, 8 December 1938
 

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One of the best warship names ever: USS Shangri-La (CV-38). A sadly defaced photograph of Shangri-La (now CVA-38) after her SCB-125 refit in the mid-50's.
 
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