Contributor:David Stubblebine ww2dbaseOn 1 Dec 1941, six days before the Attack on Pearl Harbor, the fourth and fifth of the new, large Essex-class aircraft carriers to be laid down were both laid down at Newport News, Virginia, United States. The contracts called for the ships to be name...
fighters, circa Oct-Dec 1943TBF Avenger torpedo bomber prepared to take off of USS Yorktown, late 1943USS Yorktown (Essex-class) as seen from the fantail of Light Cruiser USS Mobile, during the October 1943 raid on Marcus Island. Note OS2U Kingfisher scout planes on Mobile’s two catapults...
ww2dbaseYorktown was the lead ship of her class of aircraft carriers, sponsored by the First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. She spent much of her pre-WW2 years along the east coast of the United States, in the Caribbean Sea, and once visited the Panama Canal. During this time, she underwent rep...
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Hornet (Yorktown-class) CountryUnited States Ship ClassYorktown-class Aircraft Carrier BuilderNewport News Shipbuilding Laid Down25 Sep 1939 Launched14 Dec 1940 Commissioned20 Oct 1941 Sunk27 Oct 1942 Displacement19,900 tons standard; 25,600 tons full ...
Mass advertising (as much as we hate it in the UK) is a reliable sign of an affluent middle class, meaning a smaller Rich-Poor divide and a more stable country. The Ugandan Passion and hyperbole came out in the many of these signs, plastered on the numerous vehicles and small businesses...
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Northward and southward, eastward and westward a dreaming young man could wander into a wilderness of population, polite or sombre, poor, rich, or middle-class, but all ceaselessly active, all urgently pressing, as it seemed, to their part in the drama of the coming years. He loved the ...