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Image: Commissioning of USS Yorktown (CV-10) on 15 April 1943

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Description: The crew of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) stands at attention as the National Ensign is raised, during commissioning ceremonies at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia (USA), on 15 April 1943. Yorktown is freshly painted in Camouflage Measure 21. Two steel-hull submarine chasers (PC) are at right, on the other side of the pier.
Title: Commissioning of USS Yorktown (CV-10) on 15 April 1943
Credit: Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-15555 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author: USN, photographed by Lieutenant Charles Kerlee, USNR.
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License: Public domain
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