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The Yorktown class was a class of three aircraft carriers built for the United States Navy and completed shortly before World War II, the Yorktown (CV-5), Enterprise (CV-6), and Hornet (CV-8).
USS Yorktown (CV/CVA/CVS-10) is one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. Initially to have been named Bonhomme Richard, she was renamed Yorktown while still under construction, after the Yorktown-class aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5), which was sunk at the Battle of Midway.
USS Yorktown (CV-5) was an aircraft carrier that served in the United States Navy during World War II. Named after the Battle of Yorktown in 1781, she was commissioned in 1937.
The USS Yorktown (CV-10) was the tenth aircraft carrier to serve in the United States Navy. Under construction as Bon Homme Richard, this new Essex-class carrier was renamed in honor of the USS Yorktown (CV-5) that was sunk at the epic Battle of Midway in June 1942.
Named for the CV-5 aircraft carrier that was sunk during the Battle of Midway, the new USS Yorktown had a distinguished war record, receiving 11 battle stars and a Presidential Unit Citation for its World War II services.
Two Type 97 shipboard attack aircraft from the Japanese carrier Hiryu flew past USS Yorktown (CV-5), amid heavy anti-aircraft fire, after dropping their torpedoes during the Battle of Midway, 4...
The USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy during the second world war. Enterprise earned 20 battle stars, the most for any U.S. warship in World War II, and had many nicknames such as The Big E, Lucky E, The Grey Ghost, The Galloping Ghost.
On the morning of 19 June 1944, Yorktown aircraft began strikes on Japanese air bases on Guam in order to deny them to their approaching carrier-based air and to keep the land-based planes...
Yorktown design appeared much more successfully than predecessor (Ranger), harmoniously combining offensive and defensive abilities. The hangar was designed for huge air group (96 planes at the moment of designing, subsequently because of the increased sizes of planes their number was decreased).
USS Yorktown (CV-10) was an American Essex-class aircraft carrier that entered service during World War II. Originally dubbed USS Bonhomme Richard, the ship was renamed following the loss of USS Yorktown (CV-5) at the Battle of Midway in June 1942.