AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS MIDWAY - CARIBBEAN CRUISE WWII / KOREA FLATTOP MIDWAY 80674

[@allgood6760]

Awesome.. thank you 👍🇳🇿

[@williamchristian8389]

I was on Midway from 1970-1972 came aboard an AGAA left and AG2

[@TheRetirednavy92]

I got there in 1979, extended twice left in 1984.

[@denniswhite166]

72 - 73 for me. Came aboard as an RDSA and left an OSSN.

[@hangfried9429]

The Midway is a now a tourist site in San Diego. Spent about 8 hours wandering the huge ship.

[@n7565j]

I did too back in 2012... I walked all over that ship and could swear I heard sailors going about their daily chores... So glad they preserved her !!!

[@davidgoldin5759]

I'd like to visit it too if I ever get back to San Diego. It's really sad that the Midway that was integral to our victory in WWII couldn't be saved and was scrapped.

[@ussmidwaymuseum41]

Indeed, we are! Stay connected with us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to see what we are up to onboard now-a-days: www.midway.org/social-media/

[@will1951]

I spend a few hours in 08 perusing too. But spent 11 months in 1972 on her in combat. It was the crew that made her sing.

[@denniswhite166]

@@will1951 Hello Shipmate! I was aboard at the same time. I was an OSSN and at that time worked in O/I Division (Operations & Intelligence). I was on her when we steamed into Yokosuka thru Tokyo Bay. Were you on board that day? What was your rate and Division? Darn I miss the Midway Magic. It's on my bucket list to go to San Diego and go aboard again!

[@rayivie4880]

I love this channel and all the old historic videos. Thanks.

[@AutumnThe_Toaster]

I'm proud to say my dad served on that ship. He served in Operations Desert Storm, Desert Shield, and Desert Victory and was a part of Carrier Airwing 5 🇺🇲

[@PeriscopeFilm]

God bless your dad for his service to our great nation.

[@AutumnThe_Toaster]

@@PeriscopeFilm thanks but unfortunately he's not all that blessed he's suffering because of Persian Gulf syndrome and other things he's going blind and he can barley move I feel so sorry for him. He doesn't deserve this much suffering

[@PeriscopeFilm]

@@AutumnThe_Toaster my sympathies. My own grandfather got asbestosis from working for the Navy. It's a shame that our country cannot take proper care of those who have worked so hard to keep us all free.

[@jamesgarman4788]

Wow, I served during that time frame on the USS Arkansas. Ask your dad if he was on there for Operation Fiery Vigil. Both our ships evacuated civilians from Subic Bay PI.

[@AutumnThe_Toaster]

@@jamesgarman4788 he was there to help evacuate during the Mt Pinatubo eruption

[@charlespatrick8650]

helped push a F8F Bearcat once at an EAA Fly In, they're really heavy and that radial engine is huge!

[@UncleFester84]

Bearcats and Skyriders working together, what a sight!

[@tomlawler2437]

I spent 3 years on Her! 80-83 AIMD, IM-3 Div.

[@davec.2409]

My dad was onboard for that cruise, and I have his yearbook. Pretty sure I saw him in the Haiti footage. I still have his wooden machete and wooden cigarette dispenser handmade Haiti tourist stuff. He told a story about one of those new fancy jets being parked in the hanger bay with the wheels un-chocked. The command decided to see how fast their carrier could turn, and plonk went the jet right out of the hanger and into the drink.

[@kevinballenger1211]

She Looked So Much Different Before She Got Her Angled Deck! ⚓

[@Duececoupe]

Hope to see something with USS Coral Sea CV-43.... Another most excellent video! 👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻

[@laertesl4324]

The narrator is so over the top: fledging pilots, a keen eyed intelligence officer... they were other times.

[@will1951]

Dont confuse narrator with sailor.

[@denniswhite166]

The DD at 4:05 info. ~ USS Charles R. Ware (DD-865), was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy in service from 1945 to 1974. After her decommissioning, she was sunk as a target in 1981. I wonder who sank her Naval guns or Aircraft and where. The second destroyer at 5:38 info. ~ USS Vogelgesang (DD-862) was a Gearing-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Rear Admiral Carl Theodore Vogelgesang USN.

[@royjunior3349]

My Dad’s a plank holder from the USS Midway, CV41.

[@denniswhite166]

Thank your Dad for his service for me! I was aboard in 72 - 73.

[@michaelgrey7854]

Liar.

[@404JekerskyNotFound]

I went to the tour on The USS MIDWAY

[@boypanot1509]

Is this the museum now in san diego california?

[@TheRetirednavy92]

yes

[@georgesebastian6306]

OE Division 69-71. Noticed that the Jet jockey footage was from FDR CVA 42!

[@thetreblerebel]

First like the video. Best channel ever

[@merlemorrison482]

I see you snuck in a little footage of the FDR (CV-42) for jet handling - wasn't the Midway reconfigured for jets when this was made?

[@denniswhite166]

Probably not because I don't see any steam from the Cats (catapults). These planes didn't need a "little push" to get airborne like a jet does.

[@keithlukens4400]

​@@denniswhite166I feel like it's worth noting that the USA midway didn't actually receive steam catapults until its reconstruction in 1970.

[@denniswhite166]

@@keithlukens4400 I must have been having a "senior moment" When I wrote that post. I remember seeing steam come from the cats. I started serving on Midway in 71 caught up with her at Yankee Station.

[@SueBobChicVid]

1:18 How heavy were the bombs those crew members are shown manhandling onto the top of the folded wings? Looks crazy.

[@lwilton]

Most likely 50 or 100 pounds.

[@_lumiaart_2010]

Ill look it up

[@DunedinMultimedia2]

3:30 "This is a drone." Interesting that the name and concept were well established in the 1940s.

[@gameboy228]

I'm about to complete my Docent Candidate training on board the Midway Museum. Just an FYI - The Midway never did a tour in Korea so It shouldn't be in the title.

[@laertesl4324]

The bombers look like A1 Skyriders of Vietnam fame.

[@laertesl4324]

Well, I'm pretty sure they are Skyriders.

[@majorborngusfluunduch8694]

At this time they were called the "A4D", as the unified tri-service designations didn't come until 1962.

[@WookieeMonster]

← Ship's company CR Division 85-87

[@KK_on_KK]

1:16 something tells me those are practice bombs.

[@MrSebfrench76]

Jets are Banshees ,according to me.

[@jennellemarcos7167]

not midway its cv 42

[@TheRetirednavy92]

they said sister ship, pay attention

[@NicholasBartel-rl8se]

Rent krona look down left at presentation ot evolution

[@gregkramer623]

Hi AG2 Frodo...