Nice overhead, undated.

USS Sicily (CVE-118) dockside, date and location unknown.

USS Sicily (CVE-118) photographed while moored in Hampton Roads, Virginia, 6 June 1948.

Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph (# NH 67896).

USS Sicily (CVE-118) underway, 12 April 1949, location unknown. The chevron-type deck markings are believed to be associated with airship (blimp) trials and were designed to show a landing pilot the centerline of the flight deck (USN photo, now in the collections of the National Archives, #80-G-438017.)

(See also photo NS-03-cve118-z03.)

USS Sicily (CVE-118) on transport duties at the time of the Korean War. (USN photo.)

USS Sicily (CVE-118) launches a U.S. Marine Corps OY-2 Sentinel spotter plane during operations in the Yellow Sea, off the west coast of Korea, 22 September 1950. Sicily was then supporting the campaign to recapture Seoul.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (# 80-G-420239).

U.S. Marine Corps F4U-4B Corsair fighter-bomber receives final checks to its armament of bombs and 5-inch rockets, just prior to being catapulted from USS Sicily (CVE-118) for a strike on enemy forces in Korea. The original photograph is dated 16 November 1950, but was probably taken in August-October 1950. Note battered paint on this aircraft.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (# 80-G-419929).

The aircraft carrier USS Sicily (CVE 118) enters San Diego Bay on her return from her first deployment to the Korean War zone, February 5, 1951. Her crew spells out the ship's name on the flight deck.

The helicopter carrier USS Sicily underway as she cruises off Inchon harbour, circa 1952.

USS Sicily (CVE-118), launches U.S. Marine Corps HRS-1 helicopters during Operation Marlex-5 off the west coast of Korea in the Inchon area. This was the first time that Marine Corps landing forces had moved from ship to shore by helicopter. Photo is dated 1 September 1952. Nearest HRS-1 is Bureau # 127798. It wears the markings of squadron HMR-161.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-477573).

USS Sicily (CVE-118) photographed at the Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, circa February 1954, with USS Yorktown (CVA-10) at right and eleven LCM landing craft in the foreground. Grumman AF Guardian anti-submarine aircraft are parked on Sicily's flight deck. Douglas AD Skyraider attack planes are parked aft on Yorktown's flight deck.

The original caption, released by Commander Naval Forces Far East on 18 February 1954, reads: "Twins, Almost — The Essex-class carrier USS Yorktown (CVA-10) and her smaller counterpart, the escort carrier USS Sicily (CVE-118), rest side by side during a recent in-port maintenance period at the Yokosuka, Japan, Naval Base".

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center (# NH 97318).

USS Sicily (CVE-118) underway with F4U aircraft parked aft, April 1954.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center (# NH 97317).