Keywords: USS Hancock Kearsarge Princeton at San Diego 1955.jpg Three U S Navy Essex-class aircraft carriers tied up end to end along the quay wall of Naval Air Station NAS San Diego California USA circa 1954-55 Pictured from left to right are USS Hancock CVA-19 USS Kearsarge CVA-33 and USS Princeton CVS-37 This marked the first occasion that three Essex-class carriers were tied up at the San Diego base Princeton was unmodernized Kearsarge had received the SCB-27A modernization 1950-52 and Hancock SCB-27C 1951-54 U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No 1996 488 001 016 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/objects/common/webmedia php irn 28378 1954-55 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Hancock CV-19 USS Princeton CV-37 General views of USS Kearsarge CV-33 |