    
Title: USS Belleau Wood Description: January 19, 1945: USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) in San Francisco Bay; the following day, the overhauled and repaired carrier sailed to join Task Force 58 at Ulithi to take part in many attacks against the homeland of Japan; the Belleau Wood, which received the Presidential Unit Citation and twelve battle stars for its exceptional services in World War II, was transferred to the French Navy on September 5, 1953 under the Mutual Defense Assistance Act; she was returned to the U.S. in 1960, stricken from the rolls of the U.S. Navy on October 1, 1960; Category: World War II Keywords: aircraft carriers, airplanes, aviation, carriers, Second World War, U.S. Navy, U.S. warships, World War II, WWII Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 1980 x 1267 (2.51 MPixels) (1.56) Print Size: 16.8 x 10.7 cm; 6.6 x 4.2 inches File Size: 7.19 MB (7,536,342 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000010730 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
