General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moffett Field Naval Air Station General Photograph Files

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moffett Field Naval Air Station General Photograph Files

1915-1991

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/563073

This series consists of photograph files maintained in the photography laboratory at the Naval Air Station (NAS) Moffett Field in California. The photographs, taken by members of the Fleet Imaging Command, Pacific and its predecessors, provide a pictorial history of Moffett Field. Included are aerial views of Moffett Field; photographs documenting construction projects at the facility; and a panoramic photograph showing the first landing of the Navy airship USS Macon at Moffett Field in 1933 (428-MP-578). There are additional pictures of the USS Macon and the USS Akron, including photographs showing interior fitments and the airships in-flight; balloon training and non-rigid airship operations during World War II; various Navy aircraft; and Navy photo reconnaissance activities at Guadalcanal during World War II. Personalities pictured in the series include Admiral William Moffett, for whom the facility was named (428-MP-263); Rear Admirals Harry E. Yarnell, Joseph M. Reeves, and Captain John H. Towers aboard the USS Saratoga in 1928 (428-MP-822); and President Gerald Ford visiting Moffett Field in 1975 (428-MP-613). In addition, the series includes views of Half Dome, Lower Yosemite Falls, and El Capitan at Yosemite National Park, California (428-MP-692 , 693, and 694); the construction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge; typhoon damage to photo reconnaissance squadron VP-3's facilities at Yonabaru, Okinawa in 1945 (428-MP-834 to 845, with gaps); U.S. destroyers run aground at Point Honda, California in 1923 (428-MP-873 to 878); and a visit of U.S. Navy ships to New Zealand and Australia in 1925 (428-MP-829 to 860, with gaps). All of the photographs are captioned.

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