Photograph of Navy Pilots Playing Basketball on the USS Monterey

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Description

Activities aboard USS Monterey (CVL-26). Navy pilots in the forward elevator well playing basketball. Photographer: Victor Jorgensen.

Note: Person jumping on the left is future President Gerald Ford. As physical education director it was Mr. Ford’s idea to create a basketball court on the elevator. 1944.

Citation

This primary source comes from the General Records of the Department of the Navy.

National Archives Identifier: 520764

Full Citation: Photograph of Navy Pilots Playing Basketball on the USS Monterey; ca. 6/1944; General Photographic File of the Department of Navy, 1943 – 1958; General Records of the Department of the Navy, Record Group 80; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/photograph-of-navy-pilots-playing-basketball-on-the-uss-monterey/, March 26, 2026]

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