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...
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Richard, she was renamed Yorktown while still under construction, after the Yorktown-class aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5), which was sunk at the...
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(sunk in 1850) USS Yorktown (PG-1), the lead Yorktown-class gunboat commissioned in 1889 (sold in 1921) USS Yorktown (CV-5), the lead Yorktown-class aircraft...
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Essex-class aircraft carrier (redirect from USS Reprisal (CV-35))
was renamed after the previous USS Yorktown (CV-5) was lost at the Battle of Midway on 7 June 1942. Lexington and Yorktown share the unique distinction...
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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)...
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USS Hornet (CV-8), the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name, was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. During World War II in the...
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Naval Academy in 1935 and subsequently served on the USS Ranger (CV-4) and USS Yorktown (CV-5). On May 8, 1942, during the Battle of the Coral Sea, Lieutenant...
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the battle: the already badly damaged aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5) and the destroyer USS Hammann (DD-412). Built by the Kure Naval Arsenal at Kure...
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duty, first aboard USS Saratoga (CV-3) for one month (April–May 1939) and then with Bombing Squadron (VB) 5 aboard USS Yorktown (CV-5), from May 13, 1939...
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commander. He served as Executive Officer of the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5) in the Battle of Coral Sea and Battle of Midway. He received the...
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