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To: null and void

The Yorktown had a magnificent crew, even by the standards of WWII US naval vessels.


8 posted on 01/18/2024 8:23:42 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Indeed! One bomb took out a chunk of the ship’s engineering repair party, and they still got it to port.


10 posted on 01/18/2024 8:27:44 PM PST by null and void (I identify as a conspiracy theorist. My personal pronouns are told/you/so.)
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To: SunkenCiv

In the article it said that while the ship sailed back to port (18 days) the crew repaired the flight deck so well as if it had never been damaged.


30 posted on 01/18/2024 11:32:58 PM PST by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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