Keywords: USS Wasp CV-18.jpg Third Fleet aircraft carriers at anchor in Ulithi Atoll 8 December 1944 during a break from operations in the Philippines area The carriers are from front to back USS Wasp CV-18 USS Yorktown CV-10 USS Hornet CV-12 USS Hancock CV-19 and USS Ticonderoga CV-14 Wasp Yorktown and Ticonderoga are all painted in camouflage Measure 33 Design 10a Another Essex-class carrier painted in sea blue Measure 21 is visible at left Should be USS Lexington CV-16 as Daniel Madsen's book Forgotten fleet the mothball navy 1999 as are two Independence-class light aircraft carriers Photographed from a USS Ticonderoga plane U S defenseimagery photo VIRIN HD-SN-99-02860 http //www defenseimagery mil; Official U S Navy photo no 80-G-294131 http //www history navy mil/photos/images/g290000/g294131 jpg Naval Historical Center 1944-12-08 USN larger version of File Murderers row at Ulithi atoll jpg PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Yorktown CV-10 USS Hornet CV-12 USS Ticonderoga CV-14 USS Lexington CV-16 USS Wasp CV-18 USS Hancock CV-19 Fast Carrier Task Force Camouflage Measure 33 |