DOING THE IMPOSSIBLE,
FLIGHT OPERATIONS AND "UNREPS" EVERY DAY IN A COMBAT ZONE
THE SHIP AND CREW OF THE USS YORKTOWN

 

 

Seaman Bearce, mans line gun station on the flight deck, shooting over a line to the 'oiler' coming alongside the Yorktown...

 

 

 One of our "secret weapons" during World War Two.  A Chief Petty Officer is high lined to another ship during underway replenishment.  Capt. "Jocko" Clark in ball cap.

 

 

 

"Picture below is an Essex class carrier and an Iowa class battleship fueling from the same tanker during WW2.
USS Shangri La and USS Iowa fueling from USS Cahaba.
This was one of those rare occasions we could get a better view of the battleships than their own crews could ever get."
Willie

 




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