PHOTO GALLERY INTRODUCTION USS BENNINGTON SCREEN SAVERS USS BENNINGTON PRE COMMISSIONING CV-20 USS BENNINGTON FITTING OUT CV-20 9 March 1944 USS BENNINGTON CV-20 1944 FLIGHTDECK CATWALK GUNS 1944 FLIGHT OPS 20 OCT 1944 USS BENNINGTON CV-20 1945 FEBRUARY 1945 USS BENNINGTON CLOSEST CARRIER USS BENNINGTON CV-20 14 MAY 1945 BENNINGTON Shares in Sinking of Japan's Super Battleship YAMATO Aerial Photo June 1945 5 June 1945 - Damaged by a typhoon off Okinawa 12 June 1945 - Retired to Leyte for repairs Busy B Cover July / August 1945 Plane Down Series 1945 VB VF VT Pilots their crewmen and flight deck crews USS Bennington 1945 Flight Deck Crew USS Bennington 1945 V-2-R Crew USS Bennington 1945 RICHARD H SMITH SR PHOTOS FROM 1944-1945 Some Crew Members USS Bennington 1945 Yee Hearty Corpsmen USS Bennington 1945 5 in Aft Gun Crew USS Bennington 1945 Medical personnel from USS Bennington 30 Aug - 6 Sep 1945 Bennington Picture 1945 STEPHEN HORVAT PICTURES FROM Jan - Mar 1946 USS BENNINGTON CV-20 1946 Recommisioning Inventation USS Bennington 13 November 1952 Leaving New York Harbor 1952 November USS Bennington Under the Manhattan Bridge After Boiler Explosion Repair July 1953 BENNINGTON CVA-20 1953 USS Bennington CVA-20 Quonset Point 1953 BENNINGTON CVA-20 FRESH AND READY 1953 Rough Water Refuel 1953 E Division USS Bennington 1953 MED CRUISE 1953 Dick Becker EXPLOSIONS 26 MAY 1954 BENNINGTON CVA 20 ORIGINAL COLOR PHOTO Underway March 1955 Shakedown March 1955 JOEY TATA 1955-6 Beverly Hills 90210? CVA 20 Returning to Brooklyn 1955 My First Whirly Bird Ride 1955 Underway to Cape Horn September 1955 San Diago After Cape Horn October 1955 COLOR PHOTO CVA-20 1955 U.S. Navy Photo 1955 BENNINGTON CVA 20 ORIGINAL 11x14 PHOTO Aug 8, 1956 VA 42's AD3's in formation 1956 NAVY LOG 1956-1957 GRUMMAN F9F COUGAR (~1956-1959) LEAVING PEARL 1956 F9F COUGAR IN FLIGHT LANDING ON DECK TOUCH AND GO 3 Oct 1956 23 May 1957 FJ3'S Flight Quarters IN FLIGHT ON DECK 3 Oct 1956 23 May 1957 AJ3 LANDING 3 Oct 1956 23 May 1957 USS Bennington CVA-20 3 Oct 1956 23 May 1957 REFUELING AT SEA 3 Oct 1956 23 May 1957 BENNINGTON DOWN UNDER 1957 USS BENNINGTON CVA-20 June 1958 USS BENNINGTON CVA-20 July 1958 Victoria, BC BENNINGTON SALUTE TO USS ARIZONA 1958 FJ-4 VMF 232 On Catapult September 1958 BIG WAVES OVER THE CVA-20 BOW 1958 SAN DIEGO June 24, 1959 Crew Spells JOHN PAUL JONES On Flight Deck LABOR DAY SEPT. 7, 1959 SAN DIEGO BROADWAY PIER -1 LABOR DAY SEPT. 7, 1959 SAN DIEGO BROADWAY PIER -2 Dependent's Cruise Out of San Diego 1960 USS BENNINGTON CVS-20 1960-61 Cruise BENNINGTON FAR EAST CRUISE 1960 HELO LAUNCH FAR EAST CRUISE 1960 Chuck Hansen Photos FAR EAST CRUISE 1960 A DIVISION FAR EAST CRUISE 1960 Bennington at Ford Island shows a rainbow 1962 S2F Fly Over S2F On Deck 1962 -AD5 On Deck -Marine Helo Departing -Sunrise At Sea -1962 E-Div AO Gang 1962 Cruise E-Div Electric Shop Gang 1962 Cruise E-Div IC Gang 1962 Cruise E-Div Lighting Gang 1962 Cruise E-Div Power Shop Gang 1962 Cruise Auke Bay Juneau Alaska August 1963 JFK Memoral services 25 Nov 1963 Bennington Patch Far East Cruise 1964 USS Bennington Post Card ~1964 BENNINGTON BOW SHOT 14 JULY 1964 RUSSIAN BADGER FLY BY 1964 HS-8 RECOVERY and on deck 1964 RUSSIAN MAY FLY BY 1964 BENNINGTON Refueling USS Mispillion (AO-105) USS Alfred A. Cunningham (DD-752) Willy Fudd probably VAW-11 1964 HAVE CAMERA WILL TRAVEL Huk Ster August 1964 HELASRON EIGHT Officers 1964 VA 125 Jan 1965 USS Bennington passing the Arizona Memorial 1965 CVS-20 - PROP ALLEY 1965 BENNINGTON'S GAS STATION 1965 (COD) Carrier Onboard Delivery 1965 XC-142A TESTED ON BENNINGTON 18 May 1966 SKYRAIDER A1-E May 1966 BENNINGTON GIRLS May 1966 C. Van Epen Gun Boat Bennington Crew Member June 3 1966 Take The Oath 1966 Same film different day! 1966 Target Practice 1966 Girl Scouts Visit Bennington in drydock 1966 5 Essex Carriers Long Beach Aug 2, 1966 New Ships Store 1966 VS-33 AND VS-38 November 1966 December 1966 Bennington in route West Pac Joey Heatherton December 1966 Bob Hope Show On Bennington December 1966 A Bob Hope Show On Bennington December 1966 B Bob Hope Show On Bennington December 1966 C Bob Hope Show On Bennington December 1966 D Bob Hope Show On Bennington December 1966 E Gerald Hampton kissing Miss World Dec. 26, 1966 28 Feb 1967 Orders For Sydney March 1967 Henry Fonda Captain Graffy Chat March 1967 Henry Fonda Meets Crew 23 April 1967 bound for Sydney Crossed Equator 23 April 1967 Pollywog tries on a coffin 23 April 1967 Pollywog gets a shower 29 April 1967 GDAY SYDNEY April 1967 Bennington Arrives in Sydney Harbor Bennington in Australia May 1967 Bennington Leaves Australia May 1967 Gerald A. Hampton YN3 - Slides #1 1967 Gerald A. Hampton YN3 - Slides #2 1967 9 Nov 1967 Bennington recovery of Apollo 4 - NASA CVS-20 Off California 25 Nov 1967 BENNINGTON AT PEARL HARBOR 7 MAY 1968 Pearl Web Cam BENNINGTON AT SEA 14 May 1968 BENNINGTON AT PEARL HARBOR 20 May 1968 BENNINGTON LEAVING PEARL HARBOR MAY 1968 1968 Gary Crosby Bob Dornan visit Crewmen 1968 Gary Crosby Bob Dornan Pictures with Crewmen HS-8 RESCUE (August 1968 training exercise off San Diego) Long Beach Carrier Hunts Vainly For Subs 17 October 1968 BENNINGTON AIRCRAFT (CVS-20) S2E from VS-33 October 1968 S-2E #152808 NT-31 VS-38 27 October 1968 E-1B #147238 RR-761 VAW-111 Det. 20 27 October 1968 BENNINGTON'S LAST POWERED VOYAGE A 10 October 1969 BENNINGTON'S LAST POWERED VOYAGE B 10 October 1969 BENNINGTON'S LAST CALL TO FLIGHT DECK FOR PORT ARRIVAL A 10 October 1969 BENNINGTON'S LAST CALL TO FLIGHT DECK FOR PORT ARRIVAL B 10 October 1969 THE LAST POWERED DOCKING OF THE PROUD LADY 10 October 1969 A THE LAST POWERED DOCKING OF THE PROUD LADY 10 October 1969 B December 5, 1971 Press Enterprise Mothball Fleet Provided by Jacob A Mory USS BENNINGTON May 1991 Bremerton, Wa THE USS BENNINGTON SHIPS BELL 1993 MORE USS BENNINGTON SHIPS BELL 1993 USS BENNINGTON ARIVES AT PORT ANGELES, WASHINGTON Sept 1994 SOME of the last pictures ever taken of the Bennington Nov-Dec 1994 MICKEY'S - PENSACOLA REUNION - 1997 F-18 IN TRANSONIC FLIGHT NO WING F15 WEB SITE LAUNCHED 1 September 1999