A U.S. Marine Corps Douglas A4D-2 <i>Skyhawk</i> (BuNo 145029) of Marine Attack Squadron VMA-121 <i>Green Knights</i> passing the aircraft carrier USS <i>Coral Sea</i> (CVA-43) after a wave-off. VMA-121 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 15 (CVW-15) aboard the <i>Coral Sea</i> for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 19 September 1960 to 27 May 1961. Note that VMA-121 did not adopt <i>CVG-15</i>´s tail code "NL", but kept its own "VK".
Photographer: John Lyons, USN
circa 1961 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1961-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
U.S. Navy sailor or employee <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.usscoralsea.net/images/jlvma121a4.jpg">[1]</a>