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USS Yorktown (Essex-class) in the Puget Sound, Washington, United States, 6 Oct 1944. | USS Yorktown (Essex-class) in the Puget Sound, Washington, United States, 6 Oct 1944. | As seen from of the USS Hancock, the USS Lexington and USS Yorktown (both Essex-class) are anchored close aboard at Ulithi, late Dec 1944. Note Hancock’s 20mm anti-aircraft guns lining the flight deck. | US Navy ships at anchor in the Ulithi Lagoon, Caroline Islands, early Dec 1944. Note that this is a reverse angle and distant view of the ships in the famous “Murderers’ Row” photograph but a day or two earlier. |
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Four Essex-class carriers at anchor at Ulithi, Caroline Islands, about 1600 on 2 Dec 1944; L to R: Wasp, Yorktown, Hornet, Hancock; viewed from Ticonderoga with sight of her F6F-5 Hellcat fighters | USS Wasp, USS Yorktown, USS Hornet, USS Hancock, USS Ticonderoga, and other warships at Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands, 8 Dec 1944, photo 1 of 3 | USS Wasp, USS Yorktown, USS Hornet, USS Hancock, USS Ticonderoga, and other warships at Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands, 8 Dec 1944, photo 2 of 3 | USS Wasp, USS Yorktown, USS Hornet, USS Hancock, USS Ticonderoga, and other warships at Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands, 8 Dec 1944, photo 3 of 3 |
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An aircraft tug moving an SB2C Helldiver into position on the flight deck of the carrier USS Yorktown (Essesx-class), 1945. Note TBM Avenger spotted on the deck. | Ships of the US fleet at Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands, 8 Feb 1945. Visible are 7 large carriers, 3 light carriers, 3 battleships, and numerous cruisers, destroyers, and support vessels including 1 hospital ship. | Five-Inch High-Velocity Aircraft Rockets (HVAR) on an Essex-class aircraft carrier’s bomb elevator, probably the USS Yorktown, ready for being mounted on an airplane, circa 1945. | USS Yorktown (Essex-class) steaming in Task Group 58.4 en route to launch area off Kyushu, Japan, 19 Mar 1945. Photo likely taken from Intrepid with Langley behind Yorktown. Photo 1 of 2 |
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USS Yorktown (Essex-class) steaming in Task Group 58.4 en route to launch area off Kyushu, Japan, 19 Mar 1945. Photo likely taken from Intrepid with Langley behind Yorktown. Photo 2 of 2 | F6F Hellcat fighter coming up on the Number 3 flight deck elevator on USS Yorktown (Essex-class), early 1945. Note TBM-3 Avengers and SB2C Helldivers also on deck. | F6F-5 Hellcat fighters lining up for take-off from USS Yorktown (Essex-class), early 1945 | FG-1D Corsair fighter of US Navy squadron VBF-88 in an elevator aboard USS Yorktown, Aug 1945 |
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Aerial photo taken by aircrews from USS Yorktown (Essex-class) of prisoner of war camps in Japan, Aug or Sep 1945. Note rooftop markings by POWs. | Bremerton Group of the United States Pacific Reserve Fleet, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, circa 1948 | USS Essex, USS Ticonderoga, USS Yorktown, USS Lexington, USS Bunker Hill, and and USS Bon Homme Richard at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington, United States, 23 Apr 1948; note several battleships in background at left | Yorktown (Essex-class) after her modernization, Jul 1953 |
96 items in this album on 5 pages.