80 items in this album on 4 pages.
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Eleanor Roosevelt at the launching ceremony of carrier Yorktown, Newport News, Virginia, United States, 4 Apr 1936 | Launching of carrier Yorktown, Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia, United States, 4 Apr 1936 | Carriers Enterprise (left) and Yorktown (right) under construction at Newport News, Virginia, United States, 8 Feb 1937 | The carrier Yorktown (Yorktown-class) underway during her builder trials, Apr 1937 |
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Carrier Yorktown undergoing builder's trials, May 1937 | Yorktown making 17.5 knots astern during her preliminary standardization trials, run #41, off Rockland, Maine, United States, 12-21 July 1937 | Carrier Yorktown underway prior to her commissioning, 21 Jul 1937 | 5-inch/38 caliber dual-purpose gun on Yorktown's after starboard gun platform, 27 Sep 1937; photo taken at the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Virginia, United States |
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Commissioning ceremony of USS Yorktown, Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 30 Sep 1937 | USS Yorktown (Yorktown-class) commissioning ceremonies taking place on the flight deck, Naval Operating Base Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 30 Sep 1937. Note destroyer USS Jacob Jones on the other side of the pier | USS Yorktown at Naval Operating Base Norfolk, Virginia, United States, Oct 1937; note flag of Rear Admiral Charles Blakely | Carrier USS Yorktown anchored at Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States, 30 Oct 1937 |
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USS Yorktown anchored in the Caribbean Sea during her shakedown cruise, 17 Jan 1938 | USS Yorktown (Yorktown-class) at anchor in Haiti, 1938-40 | F2F-1 biplane fighters of squadron VF-5 aboard USS Yorktown, Feb 1939 | USS Yorktown anchored off Gonaives, Haiti following Fleet Problem XX, 23 Feb 1939 |
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Aerial view of Ford Island and Pearl Harbor’s East Loch anchorage, 3 May 1940. Note 8 battleships along Battleship Row and 2 more across the channel at the 1010 Dock. Note also carrier Yorktown (Yorktown-class). | TBD-1 Devastator aircraft aboard Yorktown at Naval Air Station, San Diego, California, United States, Jun 1940; note 3 of them were painted in experimental color scheme used during Fleet Problem XXI | Yorktown (Yorktown-class) at Naval Air Station, San Diego, California, United States, Jun 1940; note presence of TBD-1, BT-1, SBC-3, F3F-2, F3F-3, SB2U, JRF, J2F and JRS-1 aircraft models. Photo 1 of 2. | Yorktown (Yorktown-class) at Naval Air Station, San Diego, California, United States, Jun 1940; note presence of TBD-1, BT-1, SBC-3, F3F-2, F3F-3, SB2U, JRF, J2F and JRS-1 aircraft models. Photo 2 of 2. |
80 items in this album on 4 pages.