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U.S. Aircraft Carriers - Target of Pearl Attack

When Admiral Yamamoto and his military team planned the attack on Pearl Harbor, one of their major objectives was to cripple America's aircraft carriers.  In this picture, we see their hoped-for targets:  the Lexington, Ranger, Yorktown and Enterprise.

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Credits

Photo, published in the Illustrated London News on December 13, 1941.

U.S. National Archives.