1944 – 1947
The 1940s
A brand new ship, her first crew, and the last months of the Pacific war.
1951 – 1963
The 1950s
Korea, then the rebuild that gave her an angled deck, and a decade of Pacific cruises.
1964 – 1971
The 1960s & 70s
Seven years on and off the line in the Gulf of Tonkin, then home for the last time.