Keywords: New York Navy Yard aerial photo 1 in December 1944.jpg Aerial view of the U S Navy New York Naval Shipyard on 2 December 1944 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 Official U S Navy photo http //www navsource org/archives/02/023501 jpg BuAer 290081 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command available at http //www navsource org/archives/02/35 htm Navsource org 1944-12-02 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy ImageNote 1 612 513 152 60 911 654 2 USS Bon Homme Richard CV-31 ImageNoteEnd 1 ImageNote 2 203 94 124 44 911 654 2 USS Reprisal CV-35 ImageNoteEnd 2 ImageNote 3 242 44 118 45 911 654 2 USS Franklin D Roosevelt CVB-42 ImageNoteEnd 3 ImageNote 4 813 73 38 100 911 654 2 USS Kearsarge CV-33 ImageNoteEnd 4 ImageNote 5 857 50 37 95 911 654 2 USS Oriskany CV-34 ImageNoteEnd 5 Brooklyn Navy Yard New York City in the 1940s USS Bon Homme Richard CV-31 USS Kearsarge CV-33 USS Oriskany CV-34 USS Reprisal CV-35 USS Franklin D Roosevelt CV-42 |