| Task Group ALFA, formation portrait of the anti-submarine
group's ships and aircraft, taken during 1959 exercises in the
Atlantic, while Secretary of the Navy William B. Franke was
embarked. Ships include the group flagship, USS Valley Forge (CVS-45)
in center, two submarines, and seven destroyers. Identifiable among
the latter are USS Eaton (DDE-510) at left front, USS Beale (DDE-471)
following Eaton, USS Waller (DDE-466) in the center foreground, and
USS Conway (DDE-507) at right front. Aircraft overhead include two
formations of S2F "Trackers" from the Valley Forge air group, plus one
shore-based P2V "Neptune" from Norfolk Naval Air Station,
Virginia. Two HSS-1 helicopters are flying low, directly over the
submarines. Official U.S. Navy Photograph. |
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