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Douglas F4D-1 Skyray fighters lying over USS Essex in the Mediterranean Sea, 9 Jan 1960	Essex taking spray over the bow while steaming in heavy seas, 12 Jan 1960; note S2F aircraft at rear of flight deck with engine turning, and AD and F4D aircraft at rest	The former PT-796, a 78-foot Higgins boat, painted as PT-109, an 80-foot Elco boat, passing the reviewing stand in President John F. Kennedy’s inaugural parade in Washington DC, United States, 20 Jan 1960.	Crew of USS Yorktown (Essex-class) spelling out 'Hello Japan' in Japanese as the ship approached the United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka base, Japan, 3 Mar 1960; note 11 HSS-1N Seabat helicopters, 4 AD-5W Skyraider aircraft, and 22 S2F-1/-1S aircraft

A3D-2 Skywarrior of US Navy squadron VAH-4 Det.N taking off from USS Ticonderoga, Western Pacific, Mar-Oct 1960	USS Springer refitting at San Francisco Naval Shipyard, California, United States, May 1960	USS Ticonderoga at Hong Kong, Mar-Oct 1960	USS Ticonderoga underway, Western Pacific, mid-1960

RMS Queen Mary at Southampton, England, United Kingdom, Jun 1960	Japanese Type A-class midget submarine being recovered near the entrance to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States, circa Jul 1960; its torpedoes had not been fired	P3V aircraft flying over USS Capitaine, summer 1960	Japanese Type A Kō-hyōteki-class midget submarine used in the Pearl Harbor Attack recovered from the Keehi Lagoon off Honolulu, Hawaii, 6 Jul 1960. A floating heavy-lift crane is lowering the submarine onto a lighter.

USS Current alongside Pearl Harbor Salvage Dock as Floating Crane YD-121 lifts a Japanese Type A Kō-hyōteki-class midget submarine used in the Pearl Harbor Attack salvaged from Oahu’s Keehi Lagoon, 14 Jul 1960.	USS Current at Pearl Harbor's Salvage Dock alongside the wreck of midget submarine I-18tou recovered from Keehi Lagoon, Hawaii, United States, 14 Jul 1960. Although not seen, the wreck is being lifted by Floating Crane YD-121.	USS Wasp's crew spelling out Dakar on the flight deck, off Dakar, Senegal, 29 Jul 1960	Carriers USS Shangri-La (right) and USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (left) at Charlie 3 of Ribualt Bay carrier basin, Naval Station Mayport, Florida, United States, Aug 1960

USS Shangri-La underway off Mayport, Florida, United States, Aug 1960; note F8U-1, F4D-1, A4D-2, and AD-6 aircraft	USS Proteus off Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, United States, 8 Aug 1960	USS Macabi, circa 1960	Argentinian submarine Santa Fe on trials, circa mid- to late-1960