Boneyard Safari
Preserving Aviation HIstory

Here is USS Tarawa LHA-1 back in the 1980’s with her 5in/54 guns still aboard. Here she is returning to San Diego, also note the upper...

Follow up to our earlier post on USS Tarawa LHA-1, here she is now moored in Pearl Harbor along with USS Peleliu LHA-5 part of the...

Flashback to 1997 and USS Tarawa LHA-1, you can see the 5in guns have been removed from either side of bow mount locations just below the...

Check out our new UH-1Y Venom hoodie! #uh1y #marineaviation #huey #uh1yvenom #aviationsafari #aviationpreservation #boneyardsafari...

Hats off to harrier drivers, here is one coming back aboard USS Tarawa LHA-1 #marineaviation #av8b #usstarawa #lha1...

Caption? Here is an AV-8B departing USS Bataan LHD-5 #ussbataan #lhd5 #navycarriercentennial #gatorboat #marineaviation #aviationsafari...

Taking a look at the ships of #RIMPAC22 here is USS Essex LHD-2 off the coast of Hawaii. We can see her armament forward of the bridge...

Caption? #rimpac2022 #marineaviation #aviationsafari #aviationpreservation #boneyardsafari

As #navycarriercentennial continues we look at the rest of the flat tops that have served . Here is USS New Orleans LPH-11 departing San...

Flash back to USS Saipan in 1986, she still had her 5”/54 Mod 2 guns. Quiet a variety of aircraft aboard, which can you identify?...