USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) in the Gulf of Tonkin. U.S. Navy crew chiefs working on F-8 aircraft. Rocket ammunition with explosive projectiles is displayed. (Vietnam War period.)
USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) in the Gulf of Tonkin. Pilots Hank Urban, D.C.Anderson, W.G. Sizemore, and Mike Welch of VF-51 prepare for takeoff. Signal man provides signals. (Vietnam War period.)
USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) in the Gulf of Tonkin. Series of 8 U.S. aircraft take off from flight deck, including Douglas A-4 Skyhawk and Vought F-8 Crusader aircraft. (Vietnam War period.)
Reconstruction of activities that took place aboard Destroyer USS Maddox (DD-731) in the Gulf of Tonkin. Lieutenant R. P. Connell and Ensign C. W. Bond stand on the bridge and look out aboard USS Maddox. U.S. Navy officer in the foreground looks through a window with binoculars and looks down through a radar. The lieutenant puts looks through an eyepiece to scan with a radar repeater. Captain J. J. Herrick sits in his chair on the bridge and speaks to Commander Herbert L. Ogier. Captain Herrick reads a message. (Vietnam War period.)
Reconstruction of activities that took place aboard Destroyer USS Maddox (DD-731) in the Gulf of Tonkin. Commander Herbert L. Ogier and Captain J. J. Herrick stand on the bridge. They look out through binoculars. Captain Herrick points out to the sea. Commander Herbert L. Ogier stands nearby. A U.S. Navy destroyer in the background. Captain Herrick and Commander Ogier on the bridge. (Vietnam War period.)
Reconstruction of activities that took place aboard USS Ticonderoga in the Gulf of Tonkin. A gun director training. A radar dish situated on the top of the gun director. USS Ticonderoga in the sea. Smoke flares in water. A helicopter recovers Lieutenant Junior Grade (jg) Albert J. Showers, VA-56 pilot of A-4A. A U.S. Navy SH-3A helicopter flies over the water and lowers a sling to Lt. jg Showers in water. Lt. jg Showers in a one man raft. The SH-3A hovers and then hoists Lt. jg Showers out of water. A white float, part of a pod from the A-4A aircraft porpoise in water. Roger D. McKeithan scans the horizon with his binocular. L. C. Alexander looks through binocular and talks over his phones then again looks through the binoculars. Lt. jg P.D. Corsett, training gun director, holds the control handles. (Vietnam War period.)