USS Kearsarge (CV-33)
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USS Kearsarge was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers completed during or shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the third US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named
USS Kearsarge at sea in 1966
USS Kearsarge on 13 April 1946
Kearsarge after her SCB-27A modernization in 1953
A-4G Skyhawk of the Royal Australian Navy aboard Kearsarge in 1969
SS Oriana (1959)
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SS Oriana was the last of the Orient Steam Navigation Company's ocean liners. She was built at Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England and launched on 3 November 1959 by Princess Alexa
USS Kearsarge (CV-33)
…force during the uneasy truce in Korea. The "Mighty Kay" (after three collisions with other ships in a short period of time, including the ocean liner SS Oriana, Kearsarge was also nicknamed by some "Rammin Rankin's Krashbarge" and "The Mighty Kay-RUNCH") also kept watch over the Formosa Straits to prevent the…
Oriana in Vava'u, Tonga
Oriana, seen alongside in Sydney, Australia.
Oriana in her first museum incarnation in Beppu, Japan.
Oriana being repaired at Los Angeles after colliding with USS Kearsarge, December 1962