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Description The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Midway (CVB-41) and two destroyers in Arctic waters during "Operation Frostbite". On 1 March 1946, Task Group 21.11, consisting of Midway, the destroyers USS Stormes (DD-780), USS Vogelgesang (DD-862) and USS Charles R. Ware (DD-865) and a fleet oiler left Norfolk, Virginia to conduct cold weather tests in Davis Strait between Greenland and Baffin Island. Between 7 and 22 March, TG 21.11 conducted flight operations with operational aircraft and new types (Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat, Ryan FR-1 Fireball, Sikorsky HNS-1).
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org
Author USN (Collection of Captain H.S. Duckworth, CO, USS Midway (CVB-41), January to July 1946)

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