Keywords: USS Yorktwon (CV-10) off Japan in March 1945.jpg The U S Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown CV-10 and other ships of Task Group 58 4 steaming off Kyushu on 18 March 1945 The photo was taken from USS Intrepid CV-11 USS Independence CVL-22 is visible aft of Yorktown On this date 16 carriers if Task Force 58 under the command of Vice Admiral Marc A Mitscher began launching strikes to neutralize Japanese air power prior to the Allied invasion of Okinawa on 1 April 1945 In five days of operation U S naval aviators destroyed 482 enemy planes <br> Note the dazzle camouflage schemes Yorktown was painted in Measure 33 Design 10A http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 30652 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 488 243 023 1945-03-18 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Yorktown CV-10 Pacific War in March 1945 Camouflage Measure 33 |