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USS Midway's original logo. |
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Logo from Midway Moments newspaper.
(Courtesy of Chet Morris) |
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Yokosuka, Japan: Midway's home
port for 17 years. The arrow points to where the ship was regularly berthed.
(Postcard from my collection) |
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USS Midway & CVW-5: Photo of the ship surrounded by patches of CVW-5 squadrons.
(USN Photo
from my collection) |
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Date unknown, but it's a vintage print
showing Midway in the 1940's. Ron Langevin originally submitted this print for
use on this site. It was given to him after being found in a friend's attic. He
accepted my offer to buy it from him and it is now a part of my collection. |
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In this painting, an artist depicts
both the original USS Midway, CVB-41 and USS Midway, CV-41 as she was at the end of service.
From the stern of the original ship,
Operation SANDY is depicted: the first firing of a missile from a ship in September of 1947.
(Painting by Richard DeRosset) |
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In this painting, Midway is shown shortly before decommissioning with an Aegis Class Missile Cruiser off the port bow.
(Painting by Richard DeRosset) |
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A painting by S. Itabashi, which appeared in the 1990 & 1991 NAF Atsugi
Air Show programs.
(From my collection) |
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An artist's drawing
of Midway.
(Source Unknown) |
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A profile print of Midway circa 1986 I purchased from Windjammer Arts Artist George Bieda. It is signed and numbered by the artist
with a unique serial number. This drawing is based upon ship plans and updated with photo information.
(Art by George Bieda
- from my collection) |
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A profile print of Midway I purchased from
the San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum gift shop. The print is signed by the artist, George Bisharat.
(Art by George Bisharat
- from my collection) |
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A banner showing all three ships of
the Midway class.
(Courtesy of Chuck Cavanaugh) |
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A 1024 X 768 graphic I made from a combination of Chuck Cavanaugh's banner
& patches from my collection. |
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A scene which never happened. This is a composite of all three Midway
Class ships, created by Charlie Walker. |