Photo #: 80-CF-54862-2 Vought O3U-3 Observation Plane (Bureau # 9329) On the midships elevator of USS Yorktown (CV-5), 2 November 1937. This aircraft is painted in blue and silver "command colors" for the use of the ship's Commanding Officer. On 9 November 1937, it became the first plane to be launched from Yorktown's hangar deck catapult. Aircraft in the right background are Grumman J2F-1 utility planes (Bureau #s 0169 and 0170). Photograph from Department of the Navy collections in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 595 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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15 April 1999