<p>Two Douglas A-4C <i>Skyhawk</i> (BuNos. 149551 and 149570) of Attack Squadron 146 (VA-146) "Blue Diamonds" fly past the anti-submarine aircraft carrier USS <i>Kearsarge</i> (CVS-33). VA-146 was deployed as part of Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) on board the USS <i>Constellation</i> (CVA-64) to the Western Pacific and Vietnam from 5 May 1964 to 1 February 1965. Planes of CVW-14 took part in the August 1964 strikes against North Vietnamese PT-boat bases as a result of the Tonkin Gulf Incident. Aircraft BuNo. 149551 was later converted to the A-4L standard and in 1982 sold to Malaysia as a A-4PTM.<br></p>
USS <i>Kearsarge</i>, with assigned Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 53 (CVSG-53), was deployed to the Western Pacific an Vietnam from 19 June to 16 December 1964.
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1964-08-12
Official US Navy photograph <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nara-series/usn/USN-1100000/USN-1107965.html">USN 1107965</a>  from the U.S. Navy <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil">Naval History and Heritage Command</a>.