USS Midway

 

USS Midway in the 1940's

Miscellaneous Photos

 

USS Midway

 

 

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Miscellaneous Photos

(USN Photos unless noted otherwise.)

USS Midway

October 1945

From my collection

USS Midway

October 1945

Navy Day ~ New York

From my collection

USS Midway

September 10, 1945

From my collection

USS Midway

November 1945

Shakedown Cruise

From my collection

USS Midway

1945

From my collection

USS Midway

1945

From my collection

USS Midway

1945 ~ LSO

Courtesy of

Scott McGaugh

USS Midway

1946 ~ Print Shop

Courtesy of

Scott McGaugh

USS Midway

September 16, 1946

I took this photo of a

photo at the SDACM

in March 2005

USS Midway

1946

From my collection

USS Midway

1947

Midway &

USS Essex, CV-9

Source Unknown

USS Midway

May 12, 1947

From my collection

USS Midway

May 1947

From my collection

USS Midway

June 26, 1947

VF-1B Sqdn Photo

Courtesy of

Terri Lorio

USS Midway

June 26, 1947

VF-1B Sqdn Photo

Courtesy of Vince

Jackson, in memory

of Forrest Jackson

USS Midway

1947

VF-1B Sqdn Photo

Courtesy of Vince

Jackson, in memory

of Forrest Jackson

USS Midway

1947 ~ Gibralter

From my collection

USS Midway

1947 ~ Gibralter

USS Midway

1948

From my collection

USS Midway

1948

From my collection

USS Midway

1948 ~ With USS

Wisconsin, BB-64

Courtesy of

Mike Rigdon &

USS Wisconsin, BB-64

USS Midway

1948 ~ With USS

Wisconsin, BB-64

Courtesy of

Mike Rigdon &

USS Wisconsin, BB-64

USS Midway

1948 ~ 1950

From my collection

USS Midway

1949

From my collection

USS Midway

1949

From my collection

USS Midway

February 1949

USS Midway

March ~ April 1949

Reserve Cruise to

Panama Canal Zone

From my collection

USS Midway ~ Naval Aviation News

1949

VA-17 Squadron

Photo

USS Midway

1949

Marine Detachment

From my collection

USS Midway

Date Unknown

Courtesy of Vince

Jackson, in memory

of Forrest Jackson

USS Midway

Date Unknown

Courtesy of Vince

Jackson, in memory

of Forrest Jackson

USS Midway

Date Unknown

Courtesy of

Chet Morris

USS Midway

Date Unknown

From my collection

USS Midway

Date & Source

Unknown

USS Midway

Date Unknown

USS Midway

Date Unknown

With FDR

From my collection

 

USS Midway

Date Unknown

Boxing in hangar bay

Courtesy of

Scott McGaugh

USS Midway

Date Unknown

6,000th Landing

Courtesy of

Scott McGaugh

USS Midway

Date Unknown

Helldiver over Midway

Courtesy of

Scott McGaugh

USS Midway

Date Unknown

Operation Pinwheel

Courtesy of

Scott McGaugh

USS Midway

Date Unknown

Courtesy of Buzz Nau

USS Midway

Date Unknown

From my collection

USS Midway

Date Unknown

From my collection

USS Midway

Date Unknown

From my collection

USS Midway

Date Unknown

From my collection

USS Midway

Date Unknown

From my collection

USS Midway

1940's

From my collection

USS Midway

1940's

From my collection

USS Midway

Date Unknown

Scotland

From my collection

USS Midway

Date Unknown

 

 

 

 

October 27, 1945

Navy Day ~ Hudson River, New York

From left: Enterprise, Midway, Augusta, Boise, Columbus & Monterey.

Yank magazine, Nov. 30, 1945, Vol. 4, No. 24

(From my collection)

USS Midway

 

 

 

May 10, 1946 ~ Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

(USN Photo from my collection)

 

USS Midway

 

Official U.S. Navy caption:

 

Eighth Fleet on Maneuvers in the West Atlantic AND Caribbean--Extended maneuvers of the

new Eighth Fleet, in progress since April 19 and scheduled for completion May 27, represent the Navy's

first large-scale post-war training operation in the Atlantic. A total of 29 ships, commanded by Admiral

Marc A. Mitscher, includes the USS Missouri and the new large carriers, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt and

USS Midway, operating as a task force composed of striking, bombardment, screening and support groups.

Exercises are being conducted in all phases of sea, air and amphibious warfare, and, in addition, in

servicing forces afloat. Time out from maneuvers was had at Trinidad the end of April and at Guantanamo

the second week in May.

 

A part of the Eighth Fleet anchored in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, May 10. Midway, left; Princeton, left rear;

FDR, center; cruisers Macon, Dayton, and Little Rock, center foreground; hospital ship Consolation, right

rear; auxiliaries, left and right foreground.

 

 

 

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