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| Keywords: Tarawa 1952.jpg en The U S Navy aircraft carrier USS Tarawa CVA-40 underway probably in the Mediterranea Sea on 18 December 1952 http //www history navy mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-t/cv40 htm U S Naval Historical Center photo http //www history navy mil/photos/images/h97000/h97597 jpg NH 97597 U S Navy 1952-12-18 PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Tarawa CV-40 USS Tarawa (CVA-40) underway on 18 December 1952.jpg reads underway probably in the Mediterranea Sea on 18 December 1952 However this cannot be correct as Tarawa returned from the Mediterranean Sea to the U S on 11 June 1952 and left again on 7 January 1953 On neither deployment she carried F2H-2 Banshee fighters Fighter Squadron 62 VF-62 flew F2H-2 with the tail code F as shown here This was the tail code of Carrier Air Group 4 which was deployed to the Mediterranean Sea aboard USS Coral Sea CVB-43 19 April to 12 October 1952 and USS Lake Champlain CVA-39 26 April to 4 December 1953 <br> Assuming that the date is correct the carrier was working up for her coming deployment off the U S East Coast http //www history navy mil/ U S Naval History and Heritage Command photo https //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-97000/NH-97597 html NH 97597 U S Navy 1952-12-18 File USS Tarawa CVA-40 underway at sea on 18 December 1952 jpg PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Tarawa CV-40 | ||||
