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Photo # 80-G-640553:  USS Yorktown operating in the vicinity of the Coral Sea, April 1942.

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USS Yorktown (CV-5) in 1942


This page presents overall views of USS Yorktown taken in January through May 1942, during her operations in the Pacific war zone prior to the Battle of Midway.

For overall views of Yorktown during the Battle of Midway, see:

  • USS Yorktown Operating on 4 June 1942;
  • Japanese Attacks on USS Yorktown, 4 June 1942; and
  • Sinking of USS Yorktown, 7 June 1942.

    For further pictorial coverage on this ship, see:

  • USS Yorktown (CV-5) -- Overview and Special Image Selection.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: 80-G-640553

    USS Yorktown (CV-5)
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    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.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-21931

    USS Yorktown (CV-5)


    Arrives at Pearl Harbor after the Battle of Coral Sea, 27 May 1942, with her crew paraded in whites on the flight deck. After repairs, she departed on 30 May to take part in the Battle of Midway.
    The tug Hoga (YT-146) is in the center foreground. The mainmast of the sunken USS Arizona (BB-39) is visible in the distance, just right of Yorktown's stern.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 53KB; 740 x 595 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-13065

    USS Yorktown (CV-5)


    In Dry Dock # 1 at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, 29 May 1942, receiving urgent repairs for damage received in the Battle of Coral Sea. She left Pearl Harbor the next day to participate in the Battle of Midway.
    USS West Virginia (BB-48), sunk in the 7 December 1941 Japanese air attack, is being salvaged in the left distance.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 620 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     


    For overall views of Yorktown during the Battle of Midway, see:

  • USS Yorktown Operating on 4 June 1942;
  • Japanese Attacks on USS Yorktown, 4 June 1942; and
  • Sinking of USS Yorktown, 7 June 1942.

    For further pictorial coverage on this ship, see:

  • USS Yorktown (CV-5) -- Overview and Special Image Selection.


    NOTES:

  • To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

  • Some images linked from this page may bear obsolete credit lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center". Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval History and Heritage Command".


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 4 April 1999
    Coding updated 4 May 2009