I am sure the U.S. Navy has or had a LARGE collection of photos as they flew over and photographed all those ships. Finding them may be difficult. I remember seeing them in the media such as weekly news magazines and newspapers. I suspect the major weekly news magazines such as Time, Life, Newsweek have searchable archives and I know that most major libraries in the U.S. keep bound copies or microfilm copies in stock.
The semi-private U.S. Naval Institute has a huge photo archive and I would head there first. You can contact a person about photos at "
[email protected]" or phone 1-800-233-8764, a toll-free call in the U.S.
I am kind of surprised someone has not written a book on the subject.
I was a high school senior or junior at the time of the Cuban Missle Crisis and I know it scared the heck out of me. 4 years later I was in the US Army in Germany on the front lines of the Cold War.
Good luck in your search.