U.S. Navy aircraft of Anti-Submarine Carrier Air Group 53 (CVSG-53) getting ready for a launch in the early 1960s from the aircraft carrier USS <i>Kearsarge</i> (CVS-33). Most planes are Grumman S-2F <i>Tracker</i> of Anti-submarine Squadrons VS-21 "Lightning Bolts", and VS-29 "Tromboners". A single Douglas EA-1E <i>Sykraider</i> of Airborne Early Warning Squadron VAW-11 Det. R "Early Eleven" is visible on the left (RR-73). All squadrons were assigned to CVSG-53 aboard the <i>Kearsarge</i> for a deployment to the Western Pacific and Vietnam from 19 June to 16 December 1964.
Official US Navy Photo by PHC(AW/SW) Mahlon K. Miller, USN
1964
U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv33-64/027.htm">[1]</a> from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv33-64/index_003.htm">USS <i>Kearsarge</i> (CVS-33) 1964 cruise book</a> available at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/index.html">Navysite.de</a>