THE 45,000 TON USS MIDWAY WAS LAUNCHED IN 1945, LATER FITTED WITH ANGLED DECK AND EXPANDED TO 74,000 TONS, WAS RETIRED IN 1992. IT SAILED THE ARCTIC, ATLANTIC, MEDITERRANEAN, AND PACIFIC, SEEING ACTION IN THE VIETNAM AND PERSIAN GULF WARS. MIDWAY HOSTED THE FIRST JET TAKEOFF FROM A CARRIER. MIDWAY WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN CARRIER HOMEPORTED IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY, CALLING YOKOSUKA, JAPAN HOME FOR 18 YEARS! THE MIDWAY IS NOW A MUSEUM OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, WHERE LARRY CAME ABOARD IN JULY, 2004 AND TOURED THE SHIP. HE HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE, ON A TRIP TO RUSSIA RECENTLY, TO MEET AND BEFRIEND RETIRED REAR ADMIRAL BILL HARRIS, WHO COMMANDED THE MIDWAY IN THE 1970'S.
USS Midway today
USS Midway at 1945 launching
USS Midway in 1952
View from bow of ship
MIDWAY, STARBOARD SIDE AFT
MIDWAY FANTAIL
MIDWAY FROM PORT SIDE
MIDWAY FROM PORT SIDE AFT
MIDWAY FANTAIL
MIDWAY SUPERSTRUCTURE
MIDWAY SUPERSTRUCTURE
MIDWAY FROM STARBOARD SIDE
DOUGLAS A-4 SKYHAWK
HANGAR DECK
CREW BUNKS AND LOCKERS
DOUGLAS A-4 SKYHAWK
NORTH AMERICAN SNJ TRAINER
GRUMMAN F-4 TOMCAT
AIRCRAFT JET ENGINE
GRUMMAN E-2 HAWKEYE
FLIGHT DECK
MCDONNELL F-4 PHANTOM
BRIDGE
FLIGHT DECK
A-7 CORSAIR
A-7 CORSAIR
GANGWAY, STARBOARD SIDE
USS RONALD REAGAN, NEAR MIDWAY