(4/10/23)USS Constellation Shakedown Cruise, Det 64-62
submitted by Bruce Nason


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Updated 4/15/23



Left to right: Lt jg Ed Kraus, Lt jg Tom Larson, Lt H p Whetmore, LCdr Burt Larkins

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USS Enterprise
(CVA-65 & USS Constellation (CVA-64) anchored at Gitmo

Lt. Hop Whetmore

Lt. Whetmore's 300th landing

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Detachment RF-8A

Preparing for launch

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Lt. Tom Larson preflight checks

Lt. Larson ready for pre-flight. This VFP-63 RF-8 was lost in Vietnam War during launch. The pilot, Lt. J.R. Klugg was killed.

Lifting detachment RF-8A aboard USS Constellation

RF-8 on elevator from hangar deck

Det. RF-8 and crew on flight deck.

This Constellation jet landed on USS Enterprise & got marked up (navy tradition).

Created on ... July 27, 2007