USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) during Operation Springboard in the Caribbean. USS Heyliger (DE-510) approaches alongside for refueling from Valley Forge. Fuel hose lines in place from Valley Forge. The crew from Heyliger pulls a hose from Valley Forge. The refueling in operation.
Sailors of USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) on liberty in Saint Thomas, United States. The crew walks down the gangway from USS Valley Forge. The sailors at the restaurant of Bluebeards Castle Hotel. The crew takes sunbath at Morning Star Beach. They walk down a street. The sailors and the natives buy fish.
USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) in the Caribbean. An aircraft taxis up into a catapult position on the flight deck of USS Valley Forge. A Piasecki HUP-2 helicopter comes in for a landing. A signal man signals on the deck.
USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) in the Caribbean. Airmen work on a U.S. Grumman S2F tracker aircraft. S2Fs are warming up on the flight deck of Valley Forge. A U.S. Piasecki HUP-2 helicopter warms up and then takes off. An S2F catapults and leaves the ship.
USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) in the Caribbean. A catapult operator in a catapult room. He wears sound power phones over his head. He manipulates catapult machinery. The catapult machinery in operation. Large cables and machinery slide down a track.
USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) in Caribbean. French Navy HSS-1 Choctaw helicopter takes off from the flight deck. Superstructure of the ship.