Yorktown (CVS 10) - Naval Cruise Book

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Q2 QUIZ! X7 7 THE HUNTRESS USS YORKTOWN CVS-10 NOVEMBER 1953 - MAY 1959 EAR EAST CRUISE Q S X 9 x ,XX K . if 9 2, J Z XX S XXX, S' I f XXX ,. - it . g--' NAME ANIQRATE DIVISION RX R 'XX . Xxx XE Xxx ,. 53344 ,?Qdbg.Q4E,E 'Cm 52,51 wg? I 7

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N!! Many things are similar but can in no way be connected by identity. I-Iowever, very often they are, and when this happens we have an analogy. V Most analogies are drawn by comparing events of the present with those from the past. The archives of history hold many fables of fanatsy which have in part become fact in later times. According to the lore of the ancient Greeks, Diana the HUNTRESS roamed far and wide in her quest of game. The ability of this mythical Goddess to track her prey and draw her bow was surpassed by none. The HUNTRESS was attended by a company of fair maidens, and on innumerable occasions proved herself equal to any task. Once, for example, a young man named Actaion happened to look upon her as she was bathing in a pool and he fled at once, but she turned him into a stag and he met the fate Of course, such in,this,,dyay and age, yffheg FIGHTING over in WWI Ili'?has of the hunted. a tale from the bygone days of the early Greeks was purely a myth : however, such a HUNTRESS is known to exist. LADY in the guise of the USS YORKTOWN, tested and proven many times assumed a role not unlike that of the mythical I-IUNTRESS. Today the DEQI-ITING LADY roams far and wide, leading a hunter-killer task force in a -relentless questgforggamez namely, submarines-always real, but seemingly mythical at times. ' ' Q-fisuchia taskicais for skill and perseverance on the part of hundreds of highly-trained men, and it is the purpose of this cruise book to tell the story of how these men combine their efforts to function as a team. Without further adieu our I-IUNTRESS the FIGHTING LADY presents-