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USS Randolph (CV/CVA/CVS-15) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. The second US Navy ship to bear the name, she was named for Founding Father Peyton Randolph , president of the First Continental Congress . [ 1 ]
Randolph was refueling the destroyer USS Willard Keith (DD-775) during a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 2 September 1958 to 12 March 1959. Several aircraft of Carrier Air Group 7 (CVG-7) can be seen: next to the elevator are two McDonnell F2H-4 Banshee s of Fighter Squadron 71 (VF-71), further aft are two Douglas AD-6 Skyraider s of ...
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USS Randolph may refer to: USS Randolph (1776), a sailing frigate launched in 1776 and exploded in 1778 during an engagement with HMS Yarmouth; USS Randolph (CV-15), an aircraft carrier that served from 1944 to 1969; See also. MG Wallace F. Randolph, operated by the United States Army as a cable ship from 1942 to 1949
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A year later the first deployment followed on board the aircraft carrier USS Randolph (CVA-15) to the Mediterranean Sea as part of Air Task Group 2 (ATG-2). In 1958, the squadron was assigned to Carrier Air Group 17 (CVG-17), but was not deployed as CVG-17 was disbanded. The next cruise in 1959/60 was aboard the USS Essex as part of CVG-10.
VBF-82 F4U on USS Randolph c.1946 VF-172 F2Hs over USS Essex c.1951 VA-172 A-4C fully armed with bombs on the flight deck of the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt off Vietnam, 1966. Note the blue lightning bolt painted on both aircraft. VA-172 was an Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy.