ThefilmfollowstheWWIIexploitsoftheEssex-classaircraftcarrierUSSYorktown(CV-10)(unidentifiedinthefilm),initsfirstmajoroperationsfollowingitscommissioningin1943.ThelifeofthecrewisdocumentedfromJuly1943toJune1944,fromitspassagethroughthePanamaCanalthroughassaultsonMarcus,Kwajalein,TrukandTinianIslands,andculminatingwithth...