This page presents overall views of USS Yorktown taken in 1937, as the ship ran her trials, completed post-trials outfitting and began her active service.
For additional views of this ship in 1937, see:
For further pictorial coverage on this ship, see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
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Photo #: 80-G-1007384 USS Yorktown (CV-5) Underway during builder's trials, April 1937. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 131KB; 740 x 610 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: NH 42341 USS Yorktown (CV-5) Photographed during builder's trials, May 1937. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 565 pixels |
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Photo #: 80-G-462977 USS Yorktown (CV-5) At the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia, in June 1937, while preparing for sea trials. Note her chrome yellow flight deck markings, applied over maroon-stained douglas fir deck planking. USS Enterprise (CV-6) is fitting out in the drydock in upper center. USS Boise (CL-47) is two piers over from Yorktown, also fitting out. Several merchant ships are also present. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 139KB; 615 x 675 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-17422 USS Yorktown (CV-5) Making 17.5 knots, astern, during preliminary standardization trials, run # 41, off Rockland, Maine, 12-21 July 1937. She is pushing up a handsome "moustache" stern wave. Carriers of this class were required to make good speed astern, to allow landing planes over the bow and launching over the stern if necessary. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 595 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: NH 61507 USS Yorktown (CV-5) Tied up at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia, 4 August 1937, following sea trials. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 104KB; 740 x 595 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 42342 USS Yorktown (CV-5) Alongside a pier at Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia, 2 October 1937. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 115KB; 740 x 610 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 50337 USS Yorktown (CV-5) Tied up at Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia, in October 1937. The ship is flying the two-star flag of Rear Admiral Charles A. Blakely, Commander, Carrier Division Two. Note anchors, jack flying forward, and retractable navigation light mast on the flight deck. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 108KB; 590 x 765 pixels |
For additional views of this ship in 1937, see:
For further pictorial coverage on this ship, see:
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If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 4 April 1999
Coding updated 4 May 2009