Valley Forge 1959 storm damage
USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) underway in January 1959. Visible is the damage to the ship’s port forward flight deck, caused by heavy seas in the Atlantic. The damaged part was replaced with the identical part of the flight deck from the decommissioned aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13)
Return to Warship Wednesday Dec. 24, 2014, Remembering that Cold Winter in the Valley