I am working wth Seebees from New Jersey to help restore memorial to the Battle of Midway where the Yoktown was eventually sunk. We have 12 small text panels that describe important events that transpired from 02 Jine to 07 June 1942. To that end, we are looking for some old photos that could be used to enhance the display. If someone would be kind enough to contact me, I could further detail ou needs.
Thank you in advance,
Bill Ward – Junior Vice Commander
VFW Post 6902, Highlands, NJ
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Bill,
Good afternoon. All of the photos we have and have access to are pretty much from the Naval History and Heritage command. You can find their catalog of photos here:
To the best of my knowledge, they have everything that we’d have. One of our supporters does an annual trip to the national archives and seeks out CV-5 photos, and everything he finds he sends to that website for them to catalog and upload.
Currently building the 1/200 model of Yorktown CV5 so looking for all information I can get. I will have to scratch-build a lot because the model-kit itself is inaccurate to say the least.
Do you happen to know anything about an extra radar-antenna that was attached to the left side of the funnel ? You can see this very faintly in the photograph of Yorktown in dry-dock. Also in some Yorktown sinking photographs. It appears they attached two small platforms to the funnel.
admin
Arno, I’m not familiar with that specific antenna. I’m about to start a 1/700 build of her in a few months, but haven’t started the hardcore research of those details yet. The best source of such things is on the Modelwarships.com message boards, specifically the “Calling All Ships Fans” section, where there’s a TON of talk about details.
Hello Devin!
Back at ya.
Cool picture. I think that’s venus setting behind the sun.
Devin,
Now you’ve done it! No turning back now…. onward and upward……………………………….
I am working wth Seebees from New Jersey to help restore memorial to the Battle of Midway where the Yoktown was eventually sunk. We have 12 small text panels that describe important events that transpired from 02 Jine to 07 June 1942. To that end, we are looking for some old photos that could be used to enhance the display. If someone would be kind enough to contact me, I could further detail ou needs.
Thank you in advance,
Bill Ward – Junior Vice Commander
VFW Post 6902, Highlands, NJ
Bill,
Good afternoon. All of the photos we have and have access to are pretty much from the Naval History and Heritage command. You can find their catalog of photos here:
https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/search.html?q=%22USS+Yorktown+%28CV-5%29%22&docType=photograph
To the best of my knowledge, they have everything that we’d have. One of our supporters does an annual trip to the national archives and seeks out CV-5 photos, and everything he finds he sends to that website for them to catalog and upload.
I hope this is of some help.
-Devin
Currently building the 1/200 model of Yorktown CV5 so looking for all information I can get. I will have to scratch-build a lot because the model-kit itself is inaccurate to say the least.
Do you happen to know anything about an extra radar-antenna that was attached to the left side of the funnel ? You can see this very faintly in the photograph of Yorktown in dry-dock. Also in some Yorktown sinking photographs. It appears they attached two small platforms to the funnel.
Arno, I’m not familiar with that specific antenna. I’m about to start a 1/700 build of her in a few months, but haven’t started the hardcore research of those details yet. The best source of such things is on the Modelwarships.com message boards, specifically the “Calling All Ships Fans” section, where there’s a TON of talk about details.