File:UH-46 Sea Knights from HC-3 and HC-7 resupplying USS Intrepid (CVS-11) in December 1968.jpg

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Description Two Boeing-Vertol UH-46D Sea Knight helicopters bring supplies to the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Intrepid (CVS-11) in the South China Sea, December 1968. The helicopter to the right (BuNo 153413) was attached to Helicopter Support Squadron 3 (HC-3) "Packrats" from the fast combat support ship USS Camden (AOE-2). The helicopter to the left (BuNo 152494) was attached to HC-7 "Seadevils" from the combat stores ship USS Mars (AFS-1). Although designated as an anti-submarine warfare carrier (CVS), Intrepid made three deployments to Vietnam as an attack carrier with assigned Attack Carrier Air Wing 10 (CVW-10), her last deployment lasted from 4 June 1968 to 8 February 1969.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo USN 1137101 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
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