MQM-36_Shelduck_drones_on_USS_Kearsarge_(CVS-33)_in_1966.jpg


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Description A Radioplane MQM-36 Shelduck target drone is launched from the starboard elevator of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge (CVS-33). Kearsarge , with assigned Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 53 (CVSG-53), was deployed to the Western Pacific and Vietnam from 9 June to 20 December 1966.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) 1966 cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author U.S. Navy

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