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.
USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) in Caribbean. Signal crew stand with flags as U.S. Navy Grumman S2F tracker fly by from flight deck of ship. Rear Admiral Smith and Captain Bowen at a flag plot. They plot out a chart. Captain L.W. Williams, Captain of Valley Forge seated in his chair on the bridge. Another officer hands him papers. Captain Smith sits on bridge and review flight operations.
USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) in Caribbean. U.S. Navy Grumman S2F aircraft at flight deck of ship. Engines of S2F start . Many men stand near aircraft in helmets and T-Shirts. S2F takes off.
USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) in Caribbean. Interiors as men eat birthday dinner in a mess hall. Man sits and eat. Interior skipper wishes crew a Happy Birthday. Skipper cuts a cake and gives a piece to oldest man in the group. He shakes hands with a man as he walks away.