The so-called "bomb farm" abreast the island of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS <i>Ranger</i> (CVA-61), containing unfinned napalm canisters. Mutiple ejector racks are visible on the right, and the boxes hanging over the side were uses as lockers for ready flares. As <i>Ranger</i> started her last deployment to Vietnam on 16 November 1972, this photo was probably taken during the preceding deployment from 27 October 1970 to 17 June 1971.
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U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1970s/1972/Nov72.pdf">November 1972</a>, p. 23.