U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mates of the stores ship USS <i>Procyon</i> (AF-61) ready a cargo net to be transferred to the aircraft carrier USS <i>Coral Sea</i> (CVA-43) in the South China Sea, April 1969. McDonnell F-4B <i>Phantom II</i> fighters are visibile on <i>Coral Sea</i>'s flight deck. Nearest to the camera is F-4B-18-MC, BuNo 151448, of Fighter Squadron 151 (VF-151) "Vigilantes". VF-151 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 15 (CVW-15) aboard the <i>Coral Sea</i> for a deployment to the Western Pacific and Vietnam from 17 September 1968 to 18 April 1969.
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Chief Photographer's Mate A.L. Smith, U.S. Navy</div>
April 1969<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1969-04-00T00:00:00Z/10</div>
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