USS Catapult YV-1 (1954)
Per request, USS Catapult E-LSM-445/YV-1 configured as a Drone Aircraft Catapult Control Ship, off San Diego, CA, 1954. She had an...
Catapult Tow Bar Launch
A look back to 1986 with a flight deck crewman guiding an F/A-18A Hornet into the catapult shuttle, you can see the tow bar about to drop...
Catapult Bridle Recovery
Here is a look back at flight deck crewmen as they retrieve a catapult bridle used in the launch of the T-2C Buckeye USS Lexington AVT-16...
Catapult Bridle Catcher
Yesterday we shared about the bridle that was used to launch aircraft off carriers. Here is an example of a #phantom being launched off...
Scooter Launch
Bit more action aboard USS Coral Sea CVA-43 in the South China Sea in 1965. Here the Catapult Officer had just signaled the launch of an...
