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A retired E-2 Hawkeye is hoisted aboard the decomissioned aircraft carrier Midway at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif.

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A retired E-2 Hawkeye is hoisted aboard the decomissioned aircraft carrier Midway at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif.

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San Diego, Calif. (Jan. 08, 2004) A retired E-2 Hawkeye is hoisted aboard the decomissioned aircraft carrier Midway at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif. Midway is moored temporarily at the naval station to take-on restored historical aircraft. The historic ship will be relocated and homeported across the bay in San Diego, as the centerpiece for America's largest museum devoted to carriers and naval aviation. When commissioned on September 10, 1945 as USS Midway (CVB 41) she was the largest carrier ever put to sea. For more information on her history with the U.S Navy go to the following link: http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv41-midway/cv41-midway.html. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Mark J. Rebilas. File# 040108-N-6213R-078

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08/01/2004 - 08/01/2004
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San Diego, Calif.
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U.S. NAVY
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