File:US Task Force 71 underway off Korea in April 1969.jpg

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Description The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CVA-61) is refueled off Korea in April 1969. In response to the 1969 EC-121 shootdown incident on 15 April 1969, the United States assembled Task Force 71 off Korea, consisting of the aircraft carriers USS Hornet (CVS-12), USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14), USS Ranger (CVA-61) and USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), the battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62), visible in the background, three cruisers, 22 destroyers, five submarines and 200 aircraft.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) 1969 cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author U.S. Navy

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