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.

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
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseNational Museum of Naval Aviation RL Lawson Collection
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Ventura   Main article  Photos  
Yorktown (Essex-class)   Main article  Photos  
Photo Size 1,892 x 1,523 pixels
Photos in Series See all 2 photos in this series
Photos on Same Day 14 Sep 1943
Photos at Same Place Alameda, California, United States
Added By David Stubblebine
Licensing  This work is believed to be in the public domain.

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1. Rich Miller says:
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.

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