USS Yarnall (DD-541), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant
John Yarnall (1786–1815).
USS Yarnall underway in 1944
Yarnall damaged after a collision on 4 March 1945
Bon Homme Richard and Yarnall refueling off Korea 1951
Yarnall underway in 1951
Battle of the Philippine Sea
The Battle of the Philippine Sea was a major naval battle of World War II on 19–20 June 1944 that eliminated the Imperial Japanese Navy's ability to conduct large-scale carrier actions. It took place during the United States' amphibious invasion of the Mariana Islands during the Pacific War. The battle was the last of five major "carrier-versus-carrier" engagements between American and Japanese naval forces, and pitted elements of the United States Navy's Fifth Fleet against ships and aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Mobile Fleet and nearby island garrisons. This was the largest carrier-to-carrier battle in history, involving 24 aircraft carriers, deploying roughly 1,350 carrier-based aircraft.
The carrier Zuikaku (center) and two destroyers under attack by U.S. Navy carrier aircraft, June 20, 1944
F6F-3 landing aboard Lexington, flagship of Task Force 58
Fighter aircraft contrails mark the sky over Task Force 58, 19 June 1944
USS Bunker Hill is nearly hit by a Japanese bomb during the air attacks of 19 June 19, 1944.