An Essex-class aircraft carrier, likely USS Ticonderoga (CVA/CVS-14), moored at a naval shipyard for overhaul during the Vietnam War era. The ship's angled flight deck, hurricane bow, and radar-equipped island reflect the extensive SCB modernization programs that kept these WWII-built carriers combat-capable into the 1960s and 1970s. Ticonderoga conducted multiple Western Pacific combat deployments during the war, cycling between overseas operations and stateside shipyard periods such as the one pictured here. Project: 218408