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English: "14-14-14-14-14-14-14": on 14 May 1969 at 1400 hrs the USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) underwent replenishment with the ammunition ship USS Firedrake (AE-14) and the guided missile destroyer USS Buchanan (DDG-14). The first line went across at 1414 hrs, and the photographer who took the photograph, PH1 R.M. Smith was in his 14th year of naval service. Coincidence was the word of the day.
Ticonderoga, with assigned Attack Carrier Air Wing 16 (CVW-16), was deployed to Vietnam from 1 February to 18 September 1969.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) 1969 cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author PH1 R.M. Smith, U.S. Navy

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