I was able to view that for a couple of years in the late 90's from end of the Ft. Mason piers, ice chest and cameras in tow. Ft Mason is hallowed Ground for me due of it's role in WWII. 1.6M men departed from the 3 Ft Mason piers, many never came back. Let me share some background on this. The Progressives went bat shit crazy that the local Gov't signed off on this event. I recall reading a SF Chronicle article: Celebrating a culture of war and misogyny in the name of our country and all that goes along with the military preying upon our poor underprivileged youth. So the carrier launch and recovery part of Fleet Week ended almost a quickly as it started. To this day when Fleet week approaches, the progressives talk about how the Blues terrorize citizens and their pets with noise and that this must be stopped!
Go back further to the late 80's when the Blues SF practice sorties involved High AOB pulls whilst in blower between the skyscrapers! That too ended sadly because "some" claimed their windows were broken by the violent noise. Me? If I had a window broken by a Blue, I'd carefully remove it and place the entire frame and window on a pedestal with a commemorative placard along with date!
Libby Schaaf and the SF Board of Supervisors across the bridge are creating a city of blight with no corrective measures on the horizon. Sanctuary, kids walking out of school to protest and loot businesses are the celebration events here. Homelessness increases almost proportionally with the increase in funding, all while most are doing #2 between cars or sometimes on the sidewalk or shooting up on the sidewalk.
Sorry to digress, local current events have fired me up! I'll try and dig through some old 35mm pics and see if I can find some stills of the launches/recoveries. Go Navy! Just remember to ask questions about peoples packages before engaging, and Live La Vida Loco in SF!