27 Dec 1968

Pacific Ocean
  • USS Yorktown (Essex-class) served as the primary recovery ship for the Apollo 8 space mission, the first astronauts to orbit the moon. ww2dbase [Yorktown (Essex-class) | DS]

27 Dec 1968 Interactive Map




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