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Troop 646 from Guilford, Indiana, spent two days and nights of adventure on USS Yorktown, Monday and Tuesday this week. They had a great time in the aviation class and here we see them in front of the...
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Photograph of crewmen on top of the Apollo 8 capsule working to unhook it from a crane aboard the USS Yorktown (CVS-10).
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Film negative of the photography lab crew taking a group picture in dress whites on the flightdeck of the USS Yorktown (CVS-10).
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Film negative of the bow of the USS Yorktown (CVS-10). Crewmen are assembled on the flight deck in dress whites saluting.
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Color slide titled "Yorktown in HK Bay" and dated 1968. This slide provides an aerial view of the USS Yorktown (CVS-10) in a bay in Hong Kong.
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Photograph of crewmen preparing to lift the Apollo 8 capsule onto the aft elevator of the USS Yorktown (CVS-10).
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Color slide titled "Drydock" and dated 1968. It shows men working to repair the USS Yorktown (CVS-10) propellers while in drydock at Long Beach Naval Shipyard.
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Photograph of Navy Frogmen (Underwater Demolition Team) recovering the Apollo 8 capsule. The USS Yorktown (CVS-10) can be seen in the background.
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Color slide titled "Drydock" and dated 1968. It shows a view of the USS Yorktown (CVS-10) fan tail, rudder and propellers while in drydock at Long Beach Naval Shipyard.
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Color slide of AT-6 Texan planes modified and painted in Imperial Japanese livery on the flightdeck of the USS Yorktown (CVS-10). These planes were used in the filming of "Tora! Tora! Tora!".
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Photograph of the USS Yorktown (CVS-10) at sea. McDonnell F2H Banshees, Sikorsky SH-3 Sea Kings, and Grumman S-2 Trackers can be seen waiting on the flightdeck.
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Sixty four years ago, the Yorktown (CV-10) was engaged in softening up Okinawa for the Army/Marine invasion on 01 April. On the morning of 26 March, VBF-9 and VT-9 off the "Fighting Lady" were busy...
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A silver Mess Deck Master at Arms (M.D.M.A.A.) badge from the USS Yorktown with a spread eagle at the top of the badge and an eagle and anchor motif at the center.
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Photograph of the USS Yorktown (CVS-10) docked at Sasebo, Japan.
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Photograph of the USS Yorktown (CVS-10) headed out to sea. An S-2 Tracker can be seen on the flightdeck.
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Color slide of a pilot sitting in an open cockpit of a A-4 Skyhawk with his helmet and oxygen mask on. He is getting directions from a flightdeck crewman of USS Yorktown (CVS-10).
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Photograph of a pilot sitting in the open cockpit of a jet. The pilot is seen wearing a flight helmet.
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Color slide titled "YKTW Rudder" and dated 1968. The slide shows one of the USS Yorktown (CVS-10) propellers undergoing work while in drydock at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard.
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Color slide of a helmsman at the helm of the USS Yorktown (CVS-10).
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Photograph of the Apollo 8 capsule as it is being brought aboard the USS Yorktown (CVS-10).