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NH 97318 USS Sicily (CVE-118)

Photo #: NH 97318 USS Sicily (CVE-118)
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Title: USS Sicily (CVE-118)
Description: Photographed at the Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, circa February 1954, with USS Yorktown (CVA-10) at right and eleven LCM landing craft in the foreground. Grumman AF Guardian anti-submarine aircraft are parked on Sicily's flight deck. Douglas AD Skyraider attack planes are parked aft on Yorktown's flight deck. The original caption, released by Commander Naval Forces Far East on 18 February 1954, reads: Twins, Almost The Essex-class carrier USS Yorktown (CVA-10) and her smaller counterpart, the escort carrier USS Sicily (CVE-118), rest side by side during a recent in-port maintenance period at the Yokosuka, Japan, Naval Base. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 97318
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