File:USS Ashtabula (AO-51) refuels Essex (CVA-9) 1955.jpg

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Description The U.S. Navy fleet oiler USS Ashtabula (AO-51) refuels the aircraft carrier USS Essex (CVA-9) in the South China Sea during that carrier's deplyoment to the Western Pacific from 3 November 1954 to 21 June 1955. On deck are aircraft of Carrier Air Group 2.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.488.242.011
Author U.S. Navy

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