Douglas F4D-1 Skyray and Grumman F11F-1 Tiger on the Flight Deck
Object NamePhotograph
Historic Owner
Robert Wayne Osburn
Association
USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)
Date1957–61
PeriodCold War
Mediumphotographic paper
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of Robert Wayne Osburn and family. P2013.149.20
Object numberP2013.149.20
DescriptionPhotograph, Black and white; Horizontal image of two aircraft on the steam catapults. The plane on the port side is a Douglas F4D-1 Skyray, bureau number, “134830”. The plane on the starboard side is a Grumman F11F-1 Tiger, bureau number, “141728”. There are men lined up in the middle of the deck with signal digit numbers of the back of their jackets. The photograph is taken from an aircraft flying past the port side of the ship. Other skittles are around the deck.On View
Not on viewCollections
Robert Wayne Osburn
1957–61
Object number: P2013.149.67
Robert Wayne Osburn
1957–1959
Object number: P2013.149.145
USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)
December 1967
Object number: P2016.34.202