File:USS Yorktown (CVS-10) off Yokosuka on 3 March 1960.jpg

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Crewmembers of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CVS-10) form Japanese characters reading "Hello Japan" as she arrives at U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, on 3 March 1960.

Yorktown was then commanded by Captain Louis H. Bauer, USN, and flew the flag of Rear Admiral Joseph D. Black, USN, Commander, Carrier Division 17. Aircraft on Yorktown's flight deck include eleven Sikorsky HSS-1N Seabat of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 4 (HS-4) "Black Knights"; four Douglas AD-5W Skyraider of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 11 (VAW-11) "Early Eleven" Det.T and 22 Grumman S2F-1/-1S Tracker of Anti-Submarine Squadron 23 (VS-23) "Black Cats". The transliteration of the Japanese Katakana characters is: "HaRo-NiHon".
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo NH 97457 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy

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