AN/SPN-35 antennas located on aft end of island. This picture was taken prior to the AN/SPN-35A upgrade which added electro-mechanical stabilization and the radome.
Summary
DescriptionCVA-34 island 1960s.jpg
View of the island of the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA-34) in the second half of the 1960s during a deployment to Vietnam with Attack Carrier Air Wing 16 (CVW-16). The photo was taken from the destroyer USS Collett (DD-730) during an underway replenishment. Note that the large radome of the SPN-35 landing radar at the aft end of the island is missing.
Date
between 1964 and 1969
date QS:P,+1964-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1964-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1969-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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