Keywords: USS Vulcan (AR-5) departs Norfolk on 22 June 1943.jpg The U S Navy repair ship USS Vulcan AR-5 departing Norfolk Naval Station Virginia USA for the Mediterranean on 22 June 1943 Note the tugs assisting her and old four-piper destroyers and merchant ships anchored in the harbour The photo was taken from the island of an Essex-class aircraft carrier Planes on deck include Curtiss SB2C-1 Helldiver and Grumman TBF-1 Avenger types The carrier is probably either USS Yorktown CV-10 or USS Bunker Hill CV-17 Official U S Navy photo https //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/80-G-K-14000/80-G-K-14776 html 80-G-K-14776 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command 1943-06-22 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Vulcan AR-5 ship 1940 Curtiss SB2C Helldiver Naval Station Norfolk in the 1940s World War II color photographs of the US Homefront |