American Carrier At Portsmouth On Goodwill Voyage -- Stately on a sparkling sea, the United States aircraft carrier 'Valley Forge, - planes lined on her flight deck - approaches this British naval base for a week's stay on her round the world cruise.With her escort of two destroyers - the William G. Lawe and the Lloyd Thomas - the carrier has covered 28,000 miles of her goodwill tour. She will sail for San Diego at the end of her visit. May 06, 1948. (Photo by Camera Press).