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Caption | USS Yorktown (Essex-class) at the Alameda Naval Air Station loading aircraft and vehicles for transportation to the Pacific, 14 Sep 1943. Note three PV-1 Venturas on the after flight deck. Photo 2 of 2. ww2dbase | |||||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Alameda, California, United States | |||||||
Date | 14 Sep 1943 | |||||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseNational Museum of Naval Aviation RL Lawson Collection | |||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 14 Sep 1943 | |||||||
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Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||
Photo Size | 1,892 x 1,523 pixels |
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21 Dec 2020 09:35:50 PM
A rather strange operation, the 2 newest and biggest carriers in the fleet, Essex (CV-9) and Yorktown (CV-10), having just gotten out to Pearl Harbor for the first time (June - July 1943), were sent back to San Francisco UNESCORTED (though admittedly at 25 knots, they did have an escort near Hawaii) to pick up multiple hundreds of vehicles and transport them back to Hawaii. Their flight decks were completely inoperative on the way back, being covered mostly with trucks.