USS Valley Forge CV-45

USS Valley Forge CV-45 Website

The photos below were provided by Tim Scott, who's father served on Valley Forge from June 1952 to mid 1955.
He said he didn't know about them going on a world cruise or he would have waited to go to some schooling
the navy was offering till after they got back. Tim was in the Army.

The Oiler above looks like the Navasoto AO-106 or a sister ship. The Oiler in photo below is the same.

USS Aludra AF-55 serving Valley Forge and USS Theo. E. Chandler DD-717

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Taking on fuel

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Stackgas, coming from the stack way up in the island. You can bet
the engineers got scolded for that eruption, with the relative wind
being such as to carry it over the flight deck. Tom Wimberly

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Tim said his dad played basketball here in Bay-2. This photo was made looking aft from the very forward part of
Hangar Bay 2. The light on the right side of the picture comes from the no. 2 elevator position.
In the center of the picture, light can be seen in Hangar Bay 3 in the vicinity of the no. 3 elevator. Tom Wimberly

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