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Photograph of astronaut James Lovell Jr. giving some of the celebratory cake to crewmembers of the USS Yorktown (CVS-10) following the successful recover of Apollo 8.
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Photograph of Yorktown crewmen pulling a large rope or hose in the hangar bay. One of Anti-Submarine Squadron Four's (HS-4) Sea King helicopters can be seen alongside the men. A Grumman E-1 Tracer can...
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Photograph of a SH-3 Sea King landing on the flightdeck of the USS Yorktown (CVS-10).
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Photograph of a flight deck crewman leaning on a tie down chain while watching an S-2 Tracker landing on the USS Yorktown (CVS-10).
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Photograph of the Apollo 8 capsule with Navy Frogmen (Underwater Demolition Team) onboard as they work to stabilize the capsule and recover the crew to the USS Yorktown (CVS-10).
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Photograph of the Apollo 8 capsule with Navy Frogmen (Underwater Demolition Team) drifting toward recovery ship USS Yorktown (CVS-10).
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Color slide of an S-2 Tracker preparing to launch from the flightdeck of the USS Yorktown (CVS-10).
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Photograph of a SH-3 Sea King helicopter in flight.
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Color slide of an FJ Fury going up/down from the flightdeck on the portside elevator. The aircraft's orange markings and general disrepair denote that it is being used as a radio operated drone to be...
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Sixty four years ago on 18 March while conducting operations off Okinawa, the USS Yorktown (CV-10) was struck by a Japanese bomb at 1507 (3:07 PM) when a Judy dive bomber came out of the clouds dead...
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Color slide titled "Plane landing on Yorktown" and dated 1968. The slide shows an aircraft landing on the USS Yorktown (CVS-10).
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Color slide of sailors in their swim trunks, gathered on the USS Yorktown (CVS-10).
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Photograph of the three Apollo 8 astronauts standing on the flightdeck of the USS Yorktown (CVS-10). From left to right are: James A. Lovell Jr., William A. Anders, and Frank Borman.
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Color slide of the Apollo 8 astronauts inspecting their capsule on the hanger deck of the USS Yorktown (CVS-10).
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Photograph of the three Apollo 8 astronauts walking on the flight deck just after their arrival. From left to right are: Frank Borman, James A. Lovell Jr., William Anders, and Captain John Fifield.
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Color slide of the Boilerplate practice capsule being lifted by crane onto the aft elevator of the USS Yorktown (CVS-10).
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Photograph of the Apollo 8 capsule, with its flotation devices still attached, being lifted aboard the USS Yorktown (CVS-10). A SH-3 Sea King can be seen in the background.
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Photograph of Yorktown crewmen unhooking the Apollo 8 capsule from a crane after it was brought aboard the USS Yorktown (CVS-10).
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Photograph of the Apollo 8 astronauts addressing the crew and the media following the recovery of the Apollo 8 capsule. Captain John Fifield holds the microphone for Frank Borman.
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Film Negative showing the Apollo 8 astronauts arriving on the USS Yorktown (CVS-10).