USS Ticonderoga CV-14 - Aircraft carrier memorial

"The Big " T " is still and always will be the best damned ship in the Navy ...Don't forget the
Big 'T'... and that you are still Dixie's kids...." - Capt. Dixie kiefer USN

- Big T Leaving San Diego Sept. 1944 - The Ticonderoga received five battle stars during World War II, three Navy Unit Commendations, one Meritorious Unit Commendation, and 12 battle stars for action during the Vietnam War.		Dedication: To our ship mates lost at sea and all who sailed aboard Big "T" Combat Info Center

- 21 January, 1945 - The ship is hit by Kamikazes off Formosa in the Phillippines over 100 killed and wounded. Big T's crew somehow manages to get things under control and save the crippled carrier.		- Unit Awards - View Awards won by the Big 'T' for world war two service. - Ship Mates Gallery - View photos of ship mates

- Ship Mates -
stories and memorials
of our ship mates.

- Air Groups -
stories and memorials
of our air groups

- Our Ship's Flag -
Our original flag displayed
by former crew member

USS LST-602
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Squadron Patches
New! Squadron patches 1955-72

JAMES VERNON, memoir of flying F6F Hellcats off Big T

- The Hostile Sky -
James W. Vernon
Click to read an excerpt
from the book here on site.
A Hellcat Flyer in World War II:
JIM VERNON'S, memoir of his years flying
F6F Hellcats from USS Ticonderoga CV14

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