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NavSource Online: Aircraft Carrier Photo Archive

USS PHILIPPINE SEA (CVA-47)

Cruise Book, 1955

April 1 - November 23, 1955

Contributed by Richard J. Havener, AT3, VF-143, 1955.
(See also Richard's USS Essex (CVA-9) Cruise Book, 1954.)

NS024719 Cover Page (50Kb)
The Ship
NS024720 USS *Philippine Sea* underway in the South Pacific. (84Kb)	NS024721 Flight crew readying the deck for flight quarters. (47Kb)
NS024722 USS *Philippine Sea* (CVA-47) and USS Buck (DD-761) refueling from USS Mispillion (AO-105). (73Kb)
Air Task Group 2 (ATG-2)
NS024723 Cover page for VF-143 section. (153Kb)	NS024724 70,000th landing on the *"Phil Sea"*, by LTJG Offerman, VF-143. (87Kb)
NS024725 Celebration cake for the 70,000th landing. (33Kb)
NS024732 Cover page for the VF-123 ("The Blue Racers") section. (65Kb)	NS024733 F9F-2 Panthers of VF-123 "The Blue Racers" over Mt. Fuji. (100Kb)
NS024734 VF-123 "The Blue Racers." (159Kb)	NS024735 VF-123 "The Blue Racers." (163Kb)
NS024736 VF-123 "The Blue Racers." The squadron transitioned to the F9F-8 Cougar shortly after this deployment (186Kb)
NS024737 VA-55 "Warhorses." (173Kb)	NS024738 VA-55 "Warhorses." (216Kb)
NS024739 VC-61 Det. I. (170Kb)	NS024740 VC-35 Det. I. (189Kb)
NS024741 VC-11 Det. I. (186Kb)	NS024742 VC-11 Det. I. (212Kb)
NS024743 HU-1 Unit 16. (157Kb)	NS024744 HU-1 Unit 16. Helicopter #17 was a Piasecki HUP-2 Retriever, BuNo 128559. (142Kb)