File:USS Yorktown (CV-5) entering Pearl Harbor May 1942.jpg

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Description The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5) arrives at Pearl Harbor after the Battle of Coral Sea on 27 May 1942, with her crew paraded in whites on the flight deck. After hasty repairs, she departed on 30 May to take part in the Battle of Midway. The tug USS Hoga (YT-146) is in the center foreground. The mainmast of the sunken battleship USS Arizona (BB-39) is visible in the distance, just right of Yorktown´s stern. The carrier is wearing the standard Camouflage Measure 12.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-21931.
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current17:50, 20 January 2015Thumbnail for version as of 17:50, 20 January 20155,665 × 4,014 (4.29 MB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)new NHHC photo
10:20, 21 May 2011Thumbnail for version as of 10:20, 21 May 2011740 × 506 (93 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS ''Yorktown'' (CV-5) arrives at Pearl Harbor after the Battle of Coral Sea on 27 May 1942, with her crew paraded in whites on the flight deck. After hasty repairs, she dep

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