File:Chilean oiler Almirante Montt (AO-52) refuels USS Yorktown (CVS-10) 1969.jpg

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Description The Chilean oiler Almirante Jorge Montt (AO-52) refuels the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CVS-10), in January 1969. The carrier received 3.535.100 litres of fuel oil. The Yorktown, with assigned Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 56 (CVSG-56), was on her way around South America as she changed her homeport from Long Beach, California to Norfolk, Virginia (USA).
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Yorktown (CVS-10) 1968-69 cruise book available at Navysite.de
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current20:35, 16 August 2013Thumbnail for version as of 20:35, 16 August 2013860 × 455 (313 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=The Chilean oiler ''Almirante Jorge Montt'' (AO-52) refuels the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS ''Yorktown'' (CVS-10), in January 1969. The carrier received 3.535.100 litres of fuel oil. The ''Yorktown''...

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