USS Yorktown (Essex-class) in the channel leaving Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 29 May 1944.

Caption     USS Yorktown (Essex-class) in the channel leaving Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 29 May 1944. ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseNational Museum of Naval Aviation RL Lawson Collection
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Photo Size 1,832 x 1,484 pixels
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Photos on Same Day 29 May 1944
Photos at Same Place Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii
Added By David Stubblebine
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1. Rich Miller says:
17 Feb 2021 07:55:19 PM

May 29, 1944 at 1413 underway with TG 12.5 (Yorktown, Monterey, Princeton, Mugford, McCall, Helm, Maury, Craven, Gridley, Bagley) bound for Majuro.

Air Group 1 would fly on board that evening. She arrived at Majuro on June 3, 1944 and joined Task Group 58.1.

On June 6, 1944 Task Force 58 sortied for Forager, the assault on the Marianas.

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