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MEDITERRANEAN SEA (March 8, 2021) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) transits the Strait of Gibraltar, March 8, 2021. IKE Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national interests and security in Europe and Africa.(U.S. Navy photos released)

210308-N-MD713-1040 by Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet, on Flickr (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Cameron Pinske/Released)

210308-N-OB471-1001 by Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet, on Flickr(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jacob Hilgendorf/Released)

210308-N-OB471-1104 by Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet, on Flickr(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jacob Hilgendorf/Released)

210308-N-HS716-1148 by Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet, on Flickr (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jairus P. Bailey/Released)
 
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"Summer of '57." USS Essex (CVA-9) moored at the Yokosuka Naval Station, Japan, in 1957. Painting by Wayne Scarpaci.



USS Sicily (CVE-118) photographed at the Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, circa February 1954, with USS Yorktown (CVA-10) at right and eleven LCM landing craft in the foreground. Grumman AF Guardian anti-submarine aircraft are parked on Sicily's flight deck. Douglas AD Skyraider attack planes are parked aft on Yorktown's flight deck.

The original caption, released by Commander Naval Forces Far East on 18 February 1954, reads: "Twins, Almost — The Essex-class carrier USS Yorktown (CVA-10) and her smaller counterpart, the escort carrier USS Sicily (CVE-118), rest side by side during a recent in-port maintenance period at the Yokosuka, Japan, Naval Base".

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center (# NH 97318).



USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) moored at Yokosuka, Japan, on 6 February 1951. Note: Large cranes on the shore; harbor tugs at right; and mobile crane on the flight deck of the carrier from which the photo was taken.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-439894).



USS Boxer (CV 21) with Carrier Air Group 101 (CVG-101) embarked - off Korea - September 1951



USS Leyte (CV 32) with Carrier Air Group 3 (CVG-3) embarked - Yokosuka, Japan - January 1951



USS Antietam (CV 36) with Carrier Air Group 15 (CVG-15) embarked - Yokosuka, Japan - 1951-52



USS Lake Champlain (CV 39) In port, Sasebo, Japan. USS Point Cruz (CVE-119) is in the background. circa 1952-53
 

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