From late May 1975 to late May 1977, I was stationed aboard the USS Midway, which was then homeported at US Naval Base Yokosuka, Japan. While I was stationed aboard the USS Midway, it made numerous stops at Subic Bay; made two port visits to Hong Kong; a port visit to Busan (aka Pusan), Korea; went to Karachi, Pakistan (for some sort of military exercise with the Pakistani Navy); and on the way to and back from Karachi made stops at Singapore. Here are some of the photos I took of and from the ship.
Piedmont Pier, with the USS Midway at left. This is not so much a picture of the USS Midway as it is of the place where the ship stayed when it was in port at its "home" (at that time),
The flight deck, during operations at sea. "Operations" = landing aircraft, launching aircraft, etc.
The flight deck, during operations at sea. "Operations" = landing aircraft, launching aircraft, etc.
I'm sure there is a technical term for this sort of deck (along the outside of the ship, lower than the Flight Deck), but I don't remember it.
One of the Midway’s gun turrets.
Out at sea
This is a semi-exterior passageway. Watch your step! To me this image resembles a still from a German Expressionist film...perhaps Dr. Caligari Goes To Sea. :-)
This is an "elevator", which takes aircraft from the Hangar Deck up to the Flight Deck. The elevator part itself is up, and you can see the bottom of it at upper right.
This and the following photo were taken while the ship was in port at Singapore. That is the Singapore skyline in the central distance. The shot was taken looking out through an elevator opening (elevator raised).
Inport Singapore. Another shot taken looking out through the elevator opening. I considered making a cropped version of this photo, to eliminate the shoulder (?) at lower left, but decided that I liked the original better, shoulder and all.
The "island", taken from the port** bow while the ship was coming into port at Yokosuka.
The tugs that were bringing the Midway into port at Yokosuka.
From my notes: "The giant blue crane marks Piedmont Pier, where we always dock. The white building at left center is Naval Supply Depot. At far right is Pier 8, where the Oklahoma City and the larger supply ships dock. The little building on the hill at right is the Naval Weather Service." At this time, the Oklahoma City was the flagship of the Seventh Fleet.
Looking back the way we came. In the distance at left is part of Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. Oppama Shipyard.