Three Douglas A4D-2 <i>Skyhawk</i>s of Marine attack squadron VMA-225 <i>Vagabonds</i> during a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier <i>USS Essex (CVA-9)</i> from 7 August 1959 to 26 February 1960 as part of <i>Carrier Air Group 10 (CVG-10)</i>. This was to be <i>Essex</i>´s last deployment as an attack carrier, as she was redesignated as an anti-submarine carrier (CVS) on 8 March 1960.
USN
1959/60
U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News January 1961 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1960s/1961/jan61.pdf">[1]</a>