File:USS Sicily (CVE-118) and USS Yorktown (CVA-10) at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, circa in February 1954 (NH 97318).jpg

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English: The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Sicily (CVE-118) at the Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, circa in February 1954, with the aircraft carrier 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.
Yorktown, with assigned Carrier Air Group 2 (CVG-2), was deployed to the Western Pacific from 3 August 1953 to 3 March 1954. Note the North American SNJ Texan in the center of Yorktown's flight deck.
Date circa February 1954
date QS:P571,+1954-02-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
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NH 97318
Source U.S. Navy photo NH 97318

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