USS Cabot (CVL-28) "Homeward Bound" Pennant

USS Cabot (CVL-28) flies a long "Homeward Bound" pennant as she departs the Western Pacific for overhaul in San Francisco, California, April 13, 1945. She had been operating in the combat zone since January 1944. View looks aft from the ship's island, with her SK-1 radar antennna at left and other shipping in the distance. Aircraft on Cabot's deck include (from right front): OS2U, SOC, TBM, SB2C, F4U and F6F types.