View of the collapsed mast on board the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS <i>Essex</i> (CVS-9) in the aftermath of the carrier encountering a storm in the North Atlantic while returning from a deployment, 17 December 1963. <i>Essex</i>, with assigned Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 60 (CVSG-60), was deployed to the Mediterranean Sea from 1 October to 20 December 1963. The mast damaged a Douglas A-4B <i>Skyhawk</i> of Marine Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron 32 (H&amp;MS-32), Subunit 1.
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