21 Mar 1955
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- USS Yorktown (Essex-class) placed in commission in reserve at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington, United States where she was to receive extensive modifications, most significantly an angled flight deck to increase her capabilities for handling jet aircraft. ww2dbase [Puget Sound Navy Yard | Yorktown (Essex-class) | Bremerton, Washington | DS]
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