"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