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An elevated bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) underway

An elevated bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Co. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Ship's officers go aboard during the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

Ship's officers go aboard during the commissioning of the guided missi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Zopf Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

Ship's officers go aboard during the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

Ship's officers go aboard during the commissioning of the guided missi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Zopf Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

Deputy Secretary of Defense William H. Taft IV arrives for the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

Deputy Secretary of Defense William H. Taft IV arrives for the commiss...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Zopf Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

The ship's crew man the ship during the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50)

The ship's crew man the ship during the commissioning of the guided mi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Release Status: Released ... More

A stern view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) underway off the coast of San Diego, California

A stern view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) un...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dupree Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A starboard bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) in the Southwest Marine Corp. floating dry dock Pride of San Diego while undergoing an overhaul. The barracks ship APL-4 is moored at the pier next to VALLEY FORGE

A starboard bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 David Gallant Release Status: Released to Pu... More

Julia Vadala Taft, sponsor, holds a champagne bottle after breaking it across the bow of the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) at the end of the christening ceremony

Julia Vadala Taft, sponsor, holds a champagne bottle after breaking it...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Release Status: Released ... More

Guests pay honor to the flag during the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

Guests pay honor to the flag during the commissioning of the guided mi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Zopf Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

Crew members go aboard ship during the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

Crew members go aboard ship during the commissioning of the guided mis...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Zopf Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

A color guard stands at attention beneath the speakers platform as Brigadier General (BGEN) William C. Page, director, Operations, Plans and Mobilization, US Armed Forces Command, speaks during the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

A color guard stands at attention beneath the speakers platform as Bri...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Zopf Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

A bow view of the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB 63), left, the fleet oiler USNS KAWISHIWI (T-AO 146), center, and the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) participating in an underway replenishment operation.  The guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) is in the background

A bow view of the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB 63), left, the fleet oil...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Thomas M. Hensley Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An aerial view of the northeast corner of the air station, with the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) moored at lower right

An aerial view of the northeast corner of the air station, with the gu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, North Island State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dutkiewicz Release Sta... More

A bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) underway off the coast of San Diego, California

A bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) unde...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dupree Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A high angle port beam view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) underway off the coast of San Diego

A high angle port beam view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dupree, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An overhead bow view of the replenishment oiler USS KANSAS CITY (AOR-3) conducting an underway replenishment of the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV-61) and the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50)

An overhead bow view of the replenishment oiler USS KANSAS CITY (AOR-3...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Bos Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Participants in the christening ceremony for the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) pause for a group picture after the ceremony. Left to right: Julia Vadala Taft, sponsor; Patricia Goldman, matron of honor; Leonard Erb, president, Ingalls Shipbuilding; Colonel James Coates, Valley Forge Military Academy/Junior College; Deputy Secretary of Defense William H. Taft IV; Vice Admiral Harry C. Schrader Jr., commander, Naval Surface Force, US Pacific Fleet; and Captain George W. Dowell III, suprevisor of shipbuilding, Pascagoula

Participants in the christening ceremony for the Aegis guided missile ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Release Status: Released ... More

Participants in the christening ceremony for the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) pause for a group picture at the conclusion of the ceremony

Participants in the christening ceremony for the Aegis guided missile ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Release Status: Released ... More

The Reverend Alfred Mead, Rector, St. John's Episcopal Church, gives the invocation during the christening ceremony for the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

The Reverend Alfred Mead, Rector, St. John's Episcopal Church, gives t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Release Status: Released ... More

A stern view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) underway

A stern view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) un...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Co. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Rep. Trent Lott, D-Mississippi, speaks during the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

Rep. Trent Lott, D-Mississippi, speaks during the commissioning of the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Zopf Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

Guests attend a reception following the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

Guests attend a reception following the commissioning of the guided mi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Zopf Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

A starboard beam view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50), foreground, and the guided missile cruiser USS WORDEN (CG 18) underway

A starboard beam view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: Barrett Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A port bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) departing Pearl Harbor through the channel.

A port bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Hawaii(HI) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: OS2 John Bouvia Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Se... More

A petty officer assigned to the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) sits with his wife and son on the pier beside the ship. The VALLEY FORGE has returned to San Diego following its deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm

A petty officer assigned to the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORG...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELDDESERT STORM Base: Naval Air Station, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) ... More

The ship's crew prepares to man the ship during the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50)

The ship's crew prepares to man the ship during the commissioning of t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Release Status: Released ... More

Deputy Secretary of Defense William H. Taft IV speaks during the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

Deputy Secretary of Defense William H. Taft IV speaks during the commi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Zopf Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

Guests arrive for the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

Guests arrive for the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Zopf Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

An aerial bow view of a Military Sealift Command ship and US Navy ships underway.  They are, left to right:  the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50), battleship USS MISSOURI (BB 63), fleet oiler USNS KAWISHIWI (T-AO 146), aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) and the guided missile frigate USS RAMSEY (FFG 2)

An aerial bow view of a Military Sealift Command ship and US Navy ship...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Thomas M. Hensley Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A port bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) underway off the coast of San Diego, California

A port bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dupree Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A starboard beam view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) underway off the coast of Southern California.

A starboard beam view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean(POC) Scene Camera Operator: Bob Lawson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An HH-46D Sea Knight helicopter from Helicopter Combat Support Squadron II (HC-11) picks up supplies from the replenishment oiler USS KANSAS CITY (AOR-3) to take to the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV-61) as the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) steams behind them. The ships are on station in the Persian Gulf region following Operation Desert Storm

An HH-46D Sea Knight helicopter from Helicopter Combat Support Squadro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: JO1(Sw) Gregg L. Snaza Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

Family and friends of crew members aboard the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) watch from the pier as the vessel approaches port. The VALLEY FORGE has returned from deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm

Family and friends of crew members aboard the guided missile cruiser U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELDDESERT STORM Base: Naval Air Station, San Diego State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) S... More

Family members and friends wait on the pier as a tug boat helps maneuver the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) into its berth. The VALLEY FORGE is returning to San Diego following its deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm

Family members and friends wait on the pier as a tug boat helps maneuv...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELDDESERT STORM Base: Naval Air Station, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) ... More

The Valley Forge Military Academy/Junior College Band plays during the christening ceremony for the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

The Valley Forge Military Academy/Junior College Band plays during the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Release Status: Released ... More

An elevated port beam view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) underway

An elevated port beam view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FO...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Co. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An elevated stern view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) underway

An elevated stern view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Co. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An honor guard and color guard participate in the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

An honor guard and color guard participate in the commissioning of the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Zopf Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

Vice Adm. Joseph Metcalf III, deputy chief of naval operations, Surface Warfare, speaks during the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50)

Vice Adm. Joseph Metcalf III, deputy chief of naval operations, Surfac...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Release Status: Released ... More

Crew members man the rail during the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

Crew members man the rail during the commissioning of the guided missi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Zopf Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

An SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter takes off from the helicopter deck of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50)

An SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter takes off from the helicopter deck of th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Conrad Curry Release Status: Released to Public ... More

A starboard bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) underway off the coast of San Diego, California

A starboard bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dupree Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Family and friends of crew members aboard the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) wait on the pier as the vessel approaches. The VALLEY FORGE has returned from deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm

Family and friends of crew members aboard the guided missile cruiser U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELDDESERT STORM Base: Naval Air Station, San Diego State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) S... More

Deputy Secretary of Defense William H. Taft IV deliver the principal address during the christening ceremony for the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

Deputy Secretary of Defense William H. Taft IV deliver the principal a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Release Status: Released ... More

Distinguished guests listen to speeches during the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50)

Distinguished guests listen to speeches during the commissioning of th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Release Status: Released ... More

William Howard Taft IV, deputy secretary of defense, delivers the keynote address during the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50)

William Howard Taft IV, deputy secretary of defense, delivers the keyn...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Release Status: Released ... More

Gerald J. St. Pe, vice president, Litton Industries Inc.; Brigadier General (BGEN) William C. Page, director, Operations, Plans and Mobilization, US Armed Forces Command; Admiral James B. Busey, vice chief of naval operations, and Julia V. Taft, sponsor, participate in the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

Gerald J. St. Pe, vice president, Litton Industries Inc.; Brigadier Ge...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Zopf Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

The ship's plaque from guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50), historical data plaque, and the plaque of the original USS Valley Forge

The ship's plaque from guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

A bow view of a Military Sealift Command ship and US Navy ships underway.  They are, left to right: the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50), battleship USS MISSOURI (BB 63), fleet oiler USNS KAWISHIWI (T-AO 146), aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) AND the guided missile frigate USS RAMSEY (FFG 2)

A bow view of a Military Sealift Command ship and US Navy ships underw...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Thomas M. Hensley Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A port bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) underway

A port bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 John Cross Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) heads into San Diego Bay during PACEX '89

The guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) heads into San Die...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACEX '89 Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Oriez R... More

A Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 11 (HC-11) HH-46D Sea Knight helicopter assigned to the replenishment oiler USS KANSAS CITY (AOR-3) passes the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) as it carries a load of supplies to the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV-61) during a vertical replenishment. The RANGER and its battle group are on station in the Persian Gulf region following Operation Desert Storm

A Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 11 (HC-11) HH-46D Sea Knight heli...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: JO1(Sw) Gregg Snaza Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... More

Sailors stand at the railing aboard the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) as the large harbor tug CANONCHET (YTB-823) maneuvers the vessel toward a pier following its arrival in port. The VALLEY FORGE has returned from deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm

Sailors stand at the railing aboard the guided missile cruiser USS VAL...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELDDESERT STORM Base: Naval Air Station, San Diego State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) S... More

Julia Vadala Taft, sponsor, breaks a bottle of champagne across the bow of the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) at the end of the christening ceremony. Watching her, left to right, are Patricia Goldman, matron of honor; Rear Admiral Wayne W. Meyer, deputy commander, Combat Systems, Naval Sea Systems Command; and Leonard Erb, president, Ingalls Shipbuilding

Julia Vadala Taft, sponsor, breaks a bottle of champagne across the bo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Release Status: Released ... More

A crewman cleans a knot display prior to the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

A crewman cleans a knot display prior to the commissioning of the guid...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Zopf Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

Adm. William H. Rowden, commander, Naval Sea Systems, speaks during the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50)

Adm. William H. Rowden, commander, Naval Sea Systems, speaks during th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Release Status: Released ... More

Guests wait for the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) to begin

Guests wait for the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VA...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Zopf Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

A bagpipe player performs during the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50)

A bagpipe player performs during the commissioning of the guided missi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Release Status: Released ... More

An SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter takes off from the helicopter deck of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50). The San Diego skyline is visible in the background

An SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter takes off from the helicopter deck of th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Conrad Curry Release Status: Released to Public ... More

An aerial port view of a Military Sealift Command ship and U.S. Navy ships underway. They are, top to bottom: guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50), battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63), fleet oiler USNS KAWISHIWI (T-AO-146), aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63) and the guided missile frigate USS RAMSEY (FFG-2)

An aerial port view of a Military Sealift Command ship and U.S. Navy s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Hensley Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A starboard bow view of battleship USS MISSOURI (BB 63), left, the fleet oiler USNS KAWISHIWI (T-AO 146), center, and the aircraft carrrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) participating in an underway replenishment operation.  The guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) and the guided missile frigate USS RAMSEY (FFG 2) are in the background

A starboard bow view of battleship USS MISSOURI (BB 63), left, the fle...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Thomas M. Hensley Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A high angle port beam view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) underway off the coast of San Diego

A high angle port beam view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dupree, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A starboard quarter view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) underway off the coast of San Diego, California

A starboard quarter view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORG...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dupree Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A starboard bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) underway

A starboard bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: LT R.D. Raine Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV-61) turns to port after completing an underway replenishment with the replenishment oiler USS KANSAS CITY (AOR-3). The guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) is also taking on fuel from the KANSAS CITY

The aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV-61) turns to port after completing...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Bos Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A port bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) underway

A port bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Co. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A view of the amidship section of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) during the ship's commissioning

A view of the amidship section of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLE...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Zopf Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

An honor guard is inspected by William Howard Taft IV, deputy secretary of defense, left, and LT. Linas M. Ploplys, commander of the honor guard, right, during the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50)

An honor guard is inspected by William Howard Taft IV, deputy secretar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Release Status: Released ... More

Admiral James B. Busey, vice chief of naval operations, speaks during the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

Admiral James B. Busey, vice chief of naval operations, speaks during ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Zopf Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

Vice Admiral (VADM) Joseph Metcalf III, deputy chief of naval operations, Surface Warfare, left, greets Captain (CAPT) George W. Dowell III, supervisor, Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, at the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

Vice Admiral (VADM) Joseph Metcalf III, deputy chief of naval operatio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Zopf Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

The ship's emblem is displayed above the speakers platform during the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

The ship's emblem is displayed above the speakers platform during the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Zopf Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

Distinguished guests listen to speeches during the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50)

Distinguished guests listen to speeches during the commissioning of th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Release Status: Released ... More

Julia V. Taft, sponsor and wife of Deputy Secretary of Defense William H. Taft IV arrives for the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

Julia V. Taft, sponsor and wife of Deputy Secretary of Defense William...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Zopf Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

CAPT. T.C. Lockhart assumes command of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) during the ship's commissioning ceremony

CAPT. T.C. Lockhart assumes command of the guided missile cruiser USS ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Release Status: Released ... More

A bow view of the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) participating in an underway replenishment with the fleet oiler USNS KAWISHIWI (T-AO 146).  The guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) and the guided missile frigate USS RAMSEY (FFG 2) are in the background

A bow view of the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) participatin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Thomas M. Hensley Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A port beam view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) underway off the coast of San Diego, California

A port beam view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dupree Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A starboard quarter view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) underway off the coast of San Diego, Calif

A starboard quarter view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORG...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dupree Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) fires a surface-to-air missile from its deck

The guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) fires a surface-to...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) in the Southwest Marine Corp. floating dry dock Pride of San Diego while undergoing an overhaul. The barracks ship APL-4 is moored at the pier next to VALLEY FORGE

A bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) in t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 David Gallant Release Status: Released to Pu... More

Vice Admiral Harry C. Schrader Jr., commander, Naval Surface Force, US Pacific Fleet, speaks during the christening ceremony for the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

Vice Admiral Harry C. Schrader Jr., commander, Naval Surface Force, US...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Release Status: Released ... More

Julia Vadala Taft, sponsor, speaks during the christening ceremony for the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

Julia Vadala Taft, sponsor, speaks during the christening ceremony for...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Release Status: Released ... More

An elevated starboard quarter view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) underway

An elevated starboard quarter view of the guided missile cruiser USS V...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Co. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Crew members man the rail during the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

Crew members man the rail during the commissioning of the guided missi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Zopf Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

Captain Theodore C. Lockhart, prospective commanding officer of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50), speaks during the ship's commissioning

Captain Theodore C. Lockhart, prospective commanding officer of the gu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Zopf Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

Rear Adm. John F. Shaw, program manager, Aegis Shipbuilding, speaks during the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50)

Rear Adm. John F. Shaw, program manager, Aegis Shipbuilding, speaks du...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Release Status: Released ... More

A joint services color guard stands at attention during the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50)

A joint services color guard stands at attention during the commission...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Release Status: Released ... More

Admiral James B. Busey, vice chief of naval operations, speaks during the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

Admiral James B. Busey, vice chief of naval operations, speaks during ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Zopf Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

A stern view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) underway off the coast of San Diego

A stern view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) un...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dupree, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An overhead view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) underway off the coast of San Diego, California

An overhead view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dupree1 Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) steams past the medium auxiliary repair dry dock ARCO (ARDM 5) during PACEX '89. The nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS LONG BEACH (CGN 9) is behind the VALLEY FORGE

The guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50) steams past the me...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACEX '89 Base: Naval Air Station, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Ope... More

The submarine tender USS DIXON (AS 37) sits at the dock as the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50), center, and the nuclear powered guided missile cruiser USS LONG BEACH (CGN 9) approach during PACEX '89

The submarine tender USS DIXON (AS 37) sits at the dock as the guided ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACEX '89 Base: Naval Air Station, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Ope... More

The guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) approaches the stern of the replenishment oiler USS KANSAS CITY (AOR-3) as a Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 11 (HC-11) HH-46D Sea Knight helicopter assigned to the KANSAS CITY carries a load of supplies over to the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV-61). The RANGER and its battle group are on station in the Persian Gulf region following Operation Desert Storm

The guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) approaches the ste...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: JO1(Sw) Gregg Snaza Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... More

Sailors stand at the railing aboard the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) as the large harbor tug CANONCHET (YTB-823) maneuvers the vessel toward a pier following its arrival in port. The VALLEY FORGE has returned from deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm

Sailors stand at the railing aboard the guided missile cruiser USS VAL...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELDDESERT STORM Base: Naval Air Station, San Diego State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) S... More

A port bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) in the Southwest Marine Corp. floating dry dock Pride of San Diego while undergoing an overhaul. The barracks ship APL-4 is moored at the pier next to VALLEY FORGE

A port bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 David Gallant Release Status: Released to Pu... More

Captain George W. Dowell III, supervisor of shipbuilding, Pascagoula, speaks during the christening ceremony for the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

Captain George W. Dowell III, supervisor of shipbuilding, Pascagoula, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Release Status: Released ... More

Leonard Erb, president, Ingalls Shipbuilding, speaks during the christening ceremony for the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

Leonard Erb, president, Ingalls Shipbuilding, speaks during the christ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Release Status: Released ... More

A port quarter view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) underway

A port quarter view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Co. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A bow-on view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) underway

A bow-on view of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50) u...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Ingalls Shipbuilding Co. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Julia V. Taft, sponsor and wife of Deputy Secretary of Defense William H. Taft IV speaks during the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

Julia V. Taft, sponsor and wife of Deputy Secretary of Defense William...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Zopf Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

Members of the crew and an honor guard stand at attention next to the ship's brow during the commissioning of the guided missile cruiser USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50)

Members of the crew and an honor guard stand at attention next to the ...

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