
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 | |||||||
Source | ww2dbaseNational Museum of Naval Aviation RL Lawson Collection | |||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 14 Sep 1943 | |||||||
Photos at Same Place | Alameda, California, United States | |||||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||
Added Date | 1 Jan 2006 | |||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain |
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WW2-Era Place Name | Alameda, California, United States |
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"Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue."Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, 16 Mar 1945
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.