Subject: AJ-1 Savage Location: U.S.S. Kearsarge Author: U.S. Navy Source: NMNA Copyright: Public Domain WRG Ref #: 0000206

Comments: An AJ-1 Savage moments before trapping on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Kearsarge (CVA 33) steaming in the waters off San Diego on July 23, 1952. The aircraft was assigned to Composite Squadron (VC) 6, these landings marking the first operations of the AJ-1 on board Kearsarge