Photo: Murderers Row: Third Fleet Aircraft Carriers, Ulithi Atoll, 8 December 1944

Murderers Row: Third Fleet aircraft carriers at anchor in Ulithi Atoll, 8 December 1944, during a break from operations in the Philippines area. The carriers are (from front to back): USS Wasp (CV-18), USS Yorktown (CV-10), USS Hornet (CV-12), USS Hancock (CV-19) and USS Ticonderoga (CV-14). Wasp, Yorktown and Ticonderoga are all painted in camouflage Measure 33, Design 10a. Another carrier painted in sea blue Measure 21 is visible at left — Lexington (CV-16), as are two Independence-class light aircraft carriers. Photographed from a USS Ticonderoga plane.