Oct 26, 2025
Devotion (2022)
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Devotion (2022)
The mighty Brooklyn Navy Yard on February 28, 1959, seven years before its closure.
At this time, the Yard was working on five of the Navy's largest ships, all aircraft carriers. Three are visible in this picture: the Leyte (being decommissioned), the Independence (work unknown), and the Valley Forge (repairs after storm damage). Not shown are the Lake Champlain (routine repairs) and the Constellation (early stages of construction).
Photo: NY Daily News via seeoldnyc.com
1950 12 03 Off to the Chosin - Nicolas Trudgian
A Vought F4U Corsair takes off from USS Leyte (CV-32) while a Douglas AD Skyraider and a Grumman F9F Panther wait for their turn.
Photographed in Korean Waters, circa 1950s.
NARA: 178141084
USS NORTH CAROLINA (BB-55), USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62), USS LEYTE (CV-32), USS FRANKLIN (CV-13) and USS SAIPAN (CVL-48) as part of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Bayonne, New Jersey.
Date: August 1961
Dick Leonhardt's Collection: link, link, link
F4U-4 Corsair of VF-32 aboard USS Leyte
USS Valley Forge (CV-45) and USS Leyte (CV-32) moored at Sasebo, Japan, 1950.
USS Hector (AR-7) is moored beyond the two carriers, with other U.S. and British warships in the distance.
A U.S. Marine Corps Douglas AD-5 (BuNo 1338?5) of Marine attack squadron VMA-331 Bumblebees. VMA-331 was operating from the aircraft carrier USS Leyte (CVS-32), circa mid-1950s.