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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Aircraft carrier sails sea.

USS Coral Sea

The aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea is underway on her maiden cruise off the coast of Virginia, Feb. 11, 1948. The ship was originally built with a straight flight deck.

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