USS Oriskany
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USS Oriskany (CV/CVA-34),, was one of the few Essex-class aircraft carriers completed after World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was named for the Battle of Oriskany during the Revolutionary War.
USS Oriskany near Midway Atoll c. 1967
USS Oriskany as completed, 1950
Oriskany showing angled flight deck and hurricane bow
Oriskany on fire
United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka or Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka is a United States Navy base in Yokosuka, Japan. Its mission is to maintain and operate base facilities for the logistic, recreational, administrative support and service of the U.S. Naval Forces Japan, Seventh Fleet and other operating forces assigned in the Western Pacific. CFAY is the largest strategically important U.S. naval installation in the western Pacific.
Construction of the Yokosuka arsenal c.1870.
USS Oriskany (CVA-34) at Yokosuka, circa 1952
USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) docks at the U.S. Navy base in Yokosuka, Japan.
The U.S. Navy base at Yokosuka, with USS George Washington (CVN-73)