Yorktown (Essex-class) Photographs | World War II Database

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USS Yorktown (Essex-class) in the Puget Sound, Washington, United States, 6 Oct 1944.	USS Yorktown (Essex-class) in the Puget Sound, Washington, United States, 6 Oct 1944.

As seen from of the USS Hancock, the USS Lexington and USS Yorktown (both Essex-class) are anchored close aboard at Ulithi, late Dec 1944. Note Hancock’s 20mm anti-aircraft guns lining the flight deck.	US Navy ships at anchor in the Ulithi Lagoon, Caroline Islands, early Dec 1944. Note that this is a reverse angle and distant view of the ships in the famous “Murderers’ Row” photograph but a day or two earlier.

Four Essex-class carriers at anchor at Ulithi, Caroline Islands, about 1600 on 2 Dec 1944; L to R: Wasp, Yorktown, Hornet, Hancock; viewed from Ticonderoga with sight of her F6F-5 Hellcat fighters	USS Wasp, USS Yorktown, USS Hornet, USS Hancock, USS Ticonderoga, and other warships at Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands, 8 Dec 1944, photo 1 of 3

USS Wasp, USS Yorktown, USS Hornet, USS Hancock, USS Ticonderoga, and other warships at Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands, 8 Dec 1944, photo 2 of 3	USS Wasp, USS Yorktown, USS Hornet, USS Hancock, USS Ticonderoga, and other warships at Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands, 8 Dec 1944, photo 3 of 3

An aircraft tug moving an SB2C Helldiver into position on the flight deck of the carrier USS Yorktown (Essesx-class), 1945. Note TBM Avenger spotted on the deck.	Ships of the US fleet at Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands, 8 Feb 1945. Visible are 7 large carriers, 3 light carriers, 3 battleships, and numerous cruisers, destroyers, and support vessels including 1 hospital ship.

Five-Inch High-Velocity Aircraft Rockets (HVAR) on an Essex-class aircraft carrier’s bomb elevator, probably the USS Yorktown, ready for being mounted on an airplane, circa 1945.	USS Yorktown (Essex-class) steaming in Task Group 58.4 en route to launch area off Kyushu, Japan, 19 Mar 1945. Photo likely taken from Intrepid with Langley behind Yorktown. Photo 1 of 2

USS Yorktown (Essex-class) steaming in Task Group 58.4 en route to launch area off Kyushu, Japan, 19 Mar 1945. Photo likely taken from Intrepid with Langley behind Yorktown. Photo 2 of 2	F6F Hellcat fighter coming up on the Number 3 flight deck elevator on USS Yorktown (Essex-class), early 1945. Note TBM-3 Avengers and SB2C Helldivers also on deck.

F6F-5 Hellcat fighters lining up for take-off from USS Yorktown (Essex-class), early 1945	FG-1D Corsair fighter of US Navy squadron VBF-88 in an elevator aboard USS Yorktown, Aug 1945

Aerial photo taken by aircrews from USS Yorktown (Essex-class) of prisoner of war camps in Japan, Aug or Sep 1945. Note rooftop markings by POWs.	Bremerton Group of the United States Pacific Reserve Fleet, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, circa 1948

USS Essex, USS Ticonderoga, USS Yorktown, USS Lexington, USS Bunker Hill, and and USS Bon Homme Richard at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington, United States, 23 Apr 1948; note several battleships in background at left	Yorktown (Essex-class) after her modernization, Jul 1953