File:USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) underway with Task Group Alfa, in 1959 (USN 1043094).jpg
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English: View ot the U.S. Navy Task Group ALFA: Formation portrait of the Atlantic Fleet anti-submarine group's ships and aircraft, taken during exercises in 1959 with Secretary of the Navy William B. Franke embarked. The ships include the group flagship, the aircraft carrier USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) in center, two submarines, and seven destroyers. Identifiable among the latter are USS Eaton (DDE-510) at left front, USS Beale (DDE-471) following Eaton, USS Waller (DDE-466) in the center foreground, and USS Conway (DDE-507) at right front. Aircraft overhead include two four-plane formations of Grumman S2F-1/-2 Trackers and three Sikorsky HSS-1 Seabat helicopters from the Valley Forge air group, plus one shore-based Lockheed P2V Neptune. |
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| Depicted place | Atlantic Ocean | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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USN 1043094 |
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This image is available from the Naval History and Heritage Command under the digital ID USN 1043094. Most of the photos found in the NHHC collection are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used without permissions or special requirements. Those which are not will be noted in the copyright section of the NHHC image description.[1] |
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This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.
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- 2008-07-05 21:04 Marcd30319 740×565× (88704 bytes) {{Information |Description='''Task Force Alpha:''' Formation portrait of the Atlantic Fleet anti-submarine group's ships and aircraft, taken during exercises in 1959 with Secretary of the Navy [[William B. Franke]] embarked. Ships include the group flag
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