<p>View of the aft flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS <i>Essex</i> (CVS-9). <i>Essex</i>, with assigned Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 60 (CVSG-60), was deployed to the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean from 1 October to 20 December 1963.<br></p>
Visible are Grumman S-2D <i>Tracker</i>s of Anti-Submarine Squadron 34 (VS-34) "Proud Tigers" (center foreground and left) and VS-39 "Hoot Owls" (right) and Grumman E-1B <i>Tracer</i>s of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 12 (VAW-12) Det.9 "Bats" (center and left foreground).
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U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv9-63/249.htm">[1]</a> from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv9-63/index_021.htm">USS <i>Essex</i> (CVS-9) 1963 cruise book</a> available at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/index.html">Navysite.de</a>