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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-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.
20 maj 2021 · 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.
20 cze 2024 · Learn about the USS Yorktown (CV-5), a World War II aircraft carrier that participated in the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway. See photos, specifications, and notable events of this historic ship.
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/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.
21 wrz 2024 · USS Yorktown (CVS-10) as an anti-submarine (ASW) carrier in 1968, with S-2 Trackers ASW, E-1 Tracer early-warning planes, and an SH-3 Sea King ASW helicopter on her flight deck. (USN photo # 1129551).
