USS Antietam (CV-36) anchored off Norfolk, VA, mid-July 1945. Source: Kitsap County Library System.

View of fueling and high-line activity aboard USS Antietam, August 23, 1945, as seen from USS Harrison (DD-573). Air Group tail markings are clear. Antietam, Harrison, and Ringgold (DD-500) were detached from TF-38 and en route to Guam at that time. Photo by Tom McCann, Swede Gronlund.

USS Antietam (CV-36) at Guam in 1945 (October?). Photo taken from USS Hooper Island (ARG-17).

Undated photo of Antietam at Hunters Point, San Francisco, in the early 1950s—at least before August 1952, when she left for the East Coast to receive her angle deck. It could be when she was reactivated for service in Korea.

Source: San Francisco Naval Shipyard – Hunters Point, Historical Shipyard Photographic Collection 1904–74 NARA Pacific Region (San Francisco).

USS Antietam (CV-36) at sea on 27 August 1951, shortly before deploying for Korean War duty. Crewmen are in formation on her flight deck, spelling out "The Flying =A= is on the way".

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-448673).

Off Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, en route to the Far East for her first Korean War deployment. Photo is dated 26 September 1951. Diamond Head is faintly visible in the right distance.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-442409).

USS Antietam (CV-36) alongside the stores ship USS Polaris (AF-11) and destroyer USS Hopewell (DD-681).

These photos were likely taken during Antietam's only combat tour, to WestPac and Korea, Sep. 8, 1951 – May 2, 1952. Air Group was CVG-15, tail code "H."

Underway off the east coast of Korea, while operating with Task Force 77. She has Air Group 15 embarked. Photo is dated 16 October 1951, soon after Antietam's arrival in the Korean War zone.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-434525).

USS Antietam (CV-36) and USS Wisconsin (BB-64) steam alongside USS Rainier (AE-5) as she pulls away after supplying ammunition to the carrier and battleship, in Korean waters. Photo is dated 8 February 1952.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-440189).

USS Antietam (CV-36) and USS Wisconsin (BB-64), Tokyo Bay, Japan, February 1952

USS Antietam (CVA-36). From Our Navy magazine, mid-December 1954.

This photo was possibly taken in December 1952, just after Antietam had been converted to the first American "canted" deck carrier at the New York Naval Shipyard.

USS Antietam (CVA-36) conducting flight operations in the Virginia Capes area on 14 January 1953, "to obtain a critical evaluation of the operational suitability of canted flight decks as a primary means of operating carrier aircraft" (quoted from the original caption).

Antietam had just returned to service following installation of the then-experimental angled ("canted") flight deck. An F9F Panther jet fighter has just left the angled deck, just forward of her midships elevator. Other planes (all jet fighters) parked on deck include F9F Cougars (forward), F2H Banshees and an FJ Fury (immediately forward of the ship's island).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center (photo # NH 97364).

"USS Antietam (CVS-36) launches a red-painted F9F Cougar jet fighter, during extremely well-lighted night operations, circa 1953-55. Other planes on her flight deck include F9F Panther and F3D Skynight fighters." (Quoted from official caption).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-K-16839).

Joseph Y. Love, ETCM, USN (Ret.), points out: "As a crew member (1952-1953) on board when the picture was taken, I do believe that I know the true circumstances of the picture. It was in full color, and is one of the best photos ever made of the ship. I was the chief in charge of the electronics division. [This picture] was a publicity stunt for one of the flash bulb makers (I seem to remember that the bulbs were Sylvania ones). There were NO real flight operations: the planes were duds set up to look like take off and landing operations. To make them show up better, they were painted with highly colored paint that could be simply washed off afterward. The flight deck was lined with wooden poles with flashbulb holders in reflectors, and the island had many of the same kind of sockets with reflectors on every surface. This was the largest night flash bulb photo ever taken. Thousands of flash bulbs were used, and the blimp off the port side had the camera aboard. A radio signal was used to set off the flash bulbs, and the camera shutter was left open. The ship's radars were shut off, so that the bulbs would not be set off with the radiation. The picture was taken in 1953 and I remember that it appeared in Parade magazine shortly afterward."

As an ASW carrier, sometime in 1953-57.

As a training carrier, date and place unknown.

Sometime in 1959-62. VIPs that had taken a tour of the Antietam; AB3c Shelby Todd Jr. is at the very left.

USS Antietam (CVS-36) operating training aircraft, 19 April 1961. Planes on deck include T2J "Buckeyes" amidships and forward and AD "Skyraiders" parked aft. Note "dayglo" paint on the aircraft and "mothballed" 5"/38 guns in the carrier's port side sponsons.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph (photo # KN-4834).

Another view, as above.

Program for the Ship's Company Dance, held on 18 & 19 November 1946, at the Green Room 150 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA.

Card that was passed out to visitors aboard USS Antietam (CV-36) on Navy Day, 27 October 1947.