File:Mothballed aircraft carriers at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in 1948 (NH 79051).jpg

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Description Ships of the Bremerton Group, U.S. Pacific Reserve Fleet, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington (USA), circa on 23 April 1948. There are six aircraft carriers visible (front to back): USS Essex (CV-9), USS Ticonderoga (CV-14), USS Yorktown (CV-10), USS Lexington (CV-16), USS Bunker Hill (CV-17), and USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) (in the background). Three battleships and various cruisers are also visible.
Date circa 23 April 1948
date QS:P,+1948-04-23T00:00:00Z/11,P1480,Q5727902
Source Official U.S. Navy photo NH 79051 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command, now in the U.S. National Archives [1]; United States Naval Aviation 1910-1995, page 419, Appendix 2, photo USN-428458.
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current21:47, 16 August 2015Thumbnail for version as of 21:47, 16 August 20155,605 × 3,313 (5.38 MB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)NHHC photo
07:05, 24 July 2010Thumbnail for version as of 07:05, 24 July 2010808 × 442 (48 KB)Clindberg (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=Six ''Essex'' class carriers in mothballs at the Naval Ship Yard, Puget Sound, following World War II. |Source=Extracted from PDF version of [http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/usna1910.htm United States Naval Aviation 1910-19

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