God Bless Our Troops
Away from Home for the Holidays
USS Essex (CVS-9) on the way to Rotterdam, Holland
Photograph and caption were released by the ship's PIO under date of 29 December 1961.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
Goede Kerst
("Good Christmas" to our Dutch allies)
"As the anti-submarine warfare carrier USS Essex (CVS-9) steamed toward a nine-day visit to Rotterdam, Holland, for the Christmas Holidays, crewmen formed the traditional Dutch equivalent of America's 'Merry Christmas' on the flight deck."
"Essex, the oldest carrier still in operation, is deployed in the Eastern Atlantic as Flagship of Task Group 83.3. Through her visits to English, Dutch and German ports, 'The Fighten'est Ship in the Fleet' is giving our allies a chance to get a first-hand look at an example of America's naval strength."
Destroyer in the middle background is USS Robinson (DD-562)
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