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USS Wright, a command ship, was originally commissioned in February 1947 as the small aircraft carrier Wright (CVL-49). Beginning in March 1962, she was converted to a command ship, receiving the new hull number CC-2 in September of that year. She recommissioned in May 1963 and operated in the eastern Pacific until late 1963, then transited the Panama Canal to begin Atlantic Fleet duty. For more than five years thereafter, Wright primarily served as an emergency command post, ready to take aboard U.S. political and military leaders in the event of a threatened nuclear conflict. She also performed communications services, including supporting President Johnson's South American visit in April 1967. USS Wright was decommissioned in May 1970 and remained inactive until she was sold for scrapping in July 1980.
This page features all of our views of USS Wright (CC-2), and provides a link to views of her as an aircraft carrier (CVL-49).
For images of this ship while she was still an aircraft carrier, see:
USS Wright (CVL-49).
| If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.
| Photo #: NH 97619 USS Wright (CC-2) Underway, 17 June 1963, soon after she was converted to a command ship. The photo's lengthy original caption, explaining the ships's mission and features, is given in Photo # NH 97619 (extended caption). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 81KB; 740 x 595 pixels |
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| Photo #: NH 97620 USS Wright (CC-2) Underway, 17 June 1963, after conversion to a command ship. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 113KB; 740 x 600 pixels |
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| Photo #: NH 97621 USS Wright (CC-2) Underway, 17 June 1963. Note the extensive array of large communications antennas installed on the ship's former flight deck. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 595 pixels |
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| Photo #: NH 97624 USS Wright (CC-2) Arriving in San Diego, California, June 1963. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 81KB; 590 x 765 pixels |
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| Photo #: KN-5885 (Color) USS Wright (CC-2) Underway off the southern California coast, 25 September 1963, shortly after conversion to a command ship. Note her extensive array of communications antennas and their associated masts. Official U.S. Navy Photograph. Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 600 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-KN-5885 |
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| Photo #: NH 97622 USS Wright (CC-2) Underway at sea, 25 September 1963. Photographed by PHC H.I. Bottorff. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 95KB; 740 x 610 pixels |
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| Photo #: NH 97623 USS Wright (CC-2) Underway at sea, September 1963. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 114KB; 200 x 610 pixels |
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| Photo #: NH 69468-KN (Color) USS Wright (CC-2) Jacket patch of the ship's insignia. Its design is based on the National shield, with an American eagle and globe in the lower right. The lightning bolt in the eagle's talons represents command and communications, Wright's mission. The motto "Vox Imperii" is translated "voice of the leaders". The original patch was received from USS Wright in 1970. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 510 pixels |
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For images of this ship while she was still an aircraft carrier, see:
USS Wright (CVL-49).
| If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
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