HS-4 Pilots
Lt. Joe Heye (l)
Lt. Bob Dorsey (r)
On deck of the USS Yorktown off Vietnam 1965
Standing in front of "Tilly" the crane used to push burning airplanes off the flight deck, and for other purposes.
Most of the photographs by Lt. Bob Dorsey.
Dorsey was elected to the USS Yorktown Board of Directors in 2000
SH3-A helos of HS-4 Squadron landing aboard USS Yorktown
Plane guard destroyer in position
Lt. Dorsey of HS-4 prepares for mission off coast of Viet Nam
SH3A in flight. 300 feet at 78 knots.
Notice the orange reflection of the flight suits on the instrument panel glass
Yorktown replenishment February 1965
HS-4 Helo (SH3-A) making a personnel transfer to a destroyer off the coast of Viet Nam
Picture: Notice that Yorktown is steaming in left hand side of picture, ahead of escort destroyer.
Waves created between the two ships as the unrep begins. When the ships come a few feet together suddenly, the man on the highline rope dips suddenly closer to the waves!
High Line transfer DD-11 to USS Yorktown
Operation "Candid Camera" on Yankee Station
Off the coast of Vietnam 1965