These images came our way through the courtesy of shipmates Steve Harrison and Ted Hermanson.

 

 

 

An SH-3 Sea King flies by Wasp's signal bridge..

 

Where would you celebrate July 4th? In 1970, we did it in Hanger Bay #2.

 

If you see a "Click!," click on the photos for a larger, uncropped image.

 

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Wasp at Lisbon, Portugal.

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An HS-5 bird rides #2 elevator.

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Wasp helos ready for the hanger deck

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A couple of Wasp's stingers exit starboard, aft of the island.

 

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Wasp at Hamburg, West Germany.

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Fire watch!

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Wasp at the carrier pier in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, during the winter

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Underway replenishment from the USS Pawacatuck

 

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On the flight deck at Lisbon, Portugal.

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Wasp in Lisbon, from the liberty launch.

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Wasp anchors at Oslo, Norway.

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Gotta be close to home ... the air group is finally leaving Wasp.

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An Empty Flight Deck with a big "18"

 

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At the pier in Boston

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Early September . ... refueling ops on the way home.

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A launch from the starboard "cat."

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Seems the port "cat" works too.

 

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Turning into the wind to launch aircraft.

 

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Go back up to the top of the page. You'll see an image very much like this one. Harrison and Hermanson took a photo of a helo flying by from just about the same spot. This photo is Harrison's.

 


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