Aerial of USS Yorktown (CVA-10), the Fighting Lady.
weary pilots get
"briefed" on their next strike
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(NWDNS-80-G-414666) Date: 1945?
Planes
from USS Yorktown, CV-10, fly in formation high above clouds. F6F's and TBF's
(in distance).
(NWDNS-80-G-474444) Date: 10/1943
A Navy Curtiss Helldiver
(SB2C) is snapped against the background provided by its carrier as it returns
from a strike at Japanese shipping. Far below other planes are being spotted on
the flight deck to which the SB2C will soon return.
(NWDNS-80-G-320999) Date: ca.01/1945
Crew of USS Yorktown (CV-10), performs morning calisthenics amid F6Fs while enroute to attack Jap island fortifications.
Crewmen
aboard USS Yorktown (CV-10) dash to battle stations as general quarters sound.
(NWDNS-80-G-474168) Date: 05/1943
Exhausted sailors after over 24 hours at General Quarters (Battle Stations) on flight deck
Marcus Island goes up in
smoke and flames after raid by planes from USS Yorktown CV-10.
(NWDNS-80-G-474367) Date: 09/1943
Navy pilots head for ready room after landing their planes on USS Yorktown (CV-10).
U.S.S.
Yorktown through the Panama Canal by Charles Kerlee
Official US Navy Photographs by Charles Kerlee Lt. USN and Edward J. Steichen
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