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Photo #: 80-G-640553 USS Yorktown (CV-5), Operating in the vicinity of the Coral Sea, April 1942. Photographed from a TBD-1 torpedo plane that has just taken off from her deck. Other TBD and SBD aircraft are also ready to be launched. A F4F-3 "Wildcat" fighter is parked on the outrigger just forward of the island. Other ships in company include a fleet oiler, a destroyer and a heavy cruiser. This view has been retouched to censor the radar antenna mounted atop Yorktown's foremast. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 123KB; 740 x 600 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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2 April 1999