Image: USS Yorktown (CV-5) during the Battle of the Coral Sea, April 1942
Description: The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5) operating in the Pacific in February 1942, photographed from a Douglas 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. The other ships in company include the fleet oiler USS Guadaloupe (AO-32), a destroyer and a heavy cruiser. This view has been retouched to censor the CXAM-radar antenna mounted atop Yorktown's foremast.
Title: USS Yorktown (CV-5) during the Battle of the Coral Sea, April 1942
Credit: Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-640553 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author: U.S. Navy
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