USS Yorktown at the Battle of Midway by Anthony
Saunders USS Yorktown seen accompanied by her destroyers including USS Hammann
shown under attack by Japanese Torpedo Bombers (Kates) during the battle
of Midway. It was in this action that USS Yorktown was lost.
USS Hornet, Eye of the Storm by
Anthony Saunders Late October 1942 in the
waters east of Guadalcanal, the Battle of Santa Cruz saw the sinking of
the US carrier Hornet, in what proved to be the last major carrier battle
of the South Pacific theatre.
USS Hornet. Doolittles Raiders by Ivan Berryman In a 40 knot gale, Lt Col. Doolittles B25 hauls itself into the air.
The first of a 16 strong strike force en route to Tokyo.
Dawn
Enterprise by Anthony Saunders The first light of
dawn silhouettes the massive outline of the Yorktown class carrier USS
Enterprise, in mid April 1944 she was partnered by the new Essex Class
carrier USS Lexington.
USS Langley by Ivan
Berryman. Americas first true aircraft carrier, the USS Langley
(CV-1) is pictured making way at sea as a pair of Douglas DT-2s pass
overhead.
USS Langley II, Leyte Gulf 1944 by Mark Churms
Independence Class light carriers in action on the Sibuyan Sea at
the Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 24th 1944. USS Princeton CVL-23 burns
furiously from Japanese bombs as the USS Langley CVL-27, successor to
United States Navys very first aircraft carrier of the same name,
launches another Hellcat on CAP (Combat Air Patrol).
USS Yorktown, Tongatabu 1942 by Mark Churms
The famous WWII aircraft carrier, Yorktown CV-5 (paint scheme -
Measure 12 ) is at anchor at Tonga in the Pacific before the Battle of
the Coral Sea. Her next valiant action will be her last. She will be
sunk at the Battle of Midway by a combination of Japanese air strikes
and submarine torpedoes in 1942.
