File:US Task Force 77 carriers aerial photo c1973.jpeg

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English: Four U.S. Navy aircraft carriers of Task Force 77 underway in the South China Sea, 28 January 1973. The ships are USS America (CVA-66), top; USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), center; USS Oriskany (CVA-34), center, right; and USS Ranger (CVA-61), bottom.
The escorts on the left column are, top to bottom: USS Bronstein (DE-1037), USS Corry (DD-817), USS William C. Lawe (DD-763), and USS Fanning (DE-1076).
USS Cone (DD-866), not in view, was also at the event steaming off the port bow of Ranger and out of the frame.
Date 28 January 1973
Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.488.103.057
Author U.S. Navy

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