File:A-1 Skyraiders on USNS Core (T-AKV-41) at Saigon c1965.jpg

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Description Douglas A-1 Skyraider aircraft on deck of the U.S. Military Sealift Command aircraft transport USNS Core (T-AKV-41) at Saigon, South Vietnam, circa 1965. Core delivered more than seventy warplanes, docked under heavy security conditions at the same berth where USNS Card was sunk on 2 May 1964.
Most A-1s on deck are A-1H and A-1G. A single former EA-1E is visible on the left that had been in service with VAW-11.
Date circa 1965
date QS:P,+1965-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.3109
Author U.S. Navy

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