USS Yorktown 1943 (CV 10)
January 29th, 2009Glen:
The short answer is that ESSEX-class CVs were originally designed to launch
and recover from either end. The photo you’ve seen is of YORKTOWN on trials,
recovering aircraft while steaming full astern as she was designed to do
(must have made conning her a bitch, though).
John Snyder
John_Snyder@bbs.macnexus.org