There are five aircraft carriers in sight: USS Reprisal (CV-35) under construction in Dry Dock No. 6; USS Coral Sea, later renamed USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42) under construction in Dry Dock No. 5; USS Kearsarge (CV-33) under construction; USS Oriskany (CV-34) under construction; and USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31), commissioned 26 November 1944.
Date 2 December 1944
Source Official U.S. Navy photo BuAer 290081 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command available at Navsource.org
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