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.

Jun 20, 2024 · View of the underside of USS Yorktown’s (CV-5) flight deck structure, which showed the impact hole made by the Japanese bomb that struck the ship during the Battle of …

USS Yorktown (CV-5) is hit on the port side, amidships, by a Japanese Type 91 aerial torpedo during the mid-afternoon attack by planes from the carrier Hiryu, 4 June 1942. Photographed …

U.S.S. Yorktown (CV-5) was laid down on May 21, 1934 at the Newport News Shipbuilding company in Newport News, Virginia. Just under two years later she was launched on April 4th …

USS Yorktown (CV-5) was an American Yorktown-class aircraft carrier built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Newport News, Virginia. It was commissioned at Naval …

Mar 16, 2025 · USS Yorktown (CV-5) under attack by Japanese dive bombers from the carrier Hiryu, shortly after noon on 4 June 1942, as seen from USS Astoria (CA-34). One Aichi Type …

Yorktown (CV-5) received three battle stars for her World War II service; two of them being for the significant part she had played in stopping Japanese expansion and turning the tide of the...

Feb 9, 2023 · After suffering extensive damage in the Battle of the Coral Sea, the USS Yorktown (CV-5) limped her way back to Pearl Harbor as preparations for the imminent attack on …

Mar 26, 2024 · The USS Yorktown (CV-5) was a distinguished aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, launched in 1936 and playing a pivotal role in the early years of World War II, …

USS Yorktown sailed for the Caribbean on January 8, 1938 and arrived at Culebra, Puerto Rico, on 13th. Over the ensuing month, the carrier conducted her shakedown, touching at Charlotte …