USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), USS Edson (DD-946) and USS Brush (DD-745) underway in the South China Sea, circa in 1966
Ships of the U.S. Navy Task Force 77 underway in the South China Sea, circa in 1966. The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) is visible in the background. In the center are the destroyers USS Edson (DD-946) and USS Brush (DD-745) and a Charles F. Adams-class guided missile destroyer. The photo was taken from the aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CVA-19). The tail of a Douglas A-4E Skyhawk (BuNo 150085) of Attack Squadron 212 (VA-212) "Rampant Raiders" is visible in the foreground. VA-212 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 21 (CVW-21) aboard the Hancock for a deployment to Vietnam from 6 December 1965 to 1 August 1966. Kitty Hawk, with assigned CVW-11, was deployed to Vietnam from 19 October 1965 to 13 June 1966.
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- c. 1966
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- U.S. Navy
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