ww2dbaseYorktown was the lead ship of her class of aircraft carriers, sponsored by the First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. She spent much of her pre-WW2 years along the east coast of the United States, in the Caribbean Sea, and once visited the Panama Canal. During this time, she underwent rep...
fighters, circa Oct-Dec 1943TBF Avenger torpedo bomber prepared to take off of USS Yorktown, late 1943USS Yorktown (Essex-class) as seen from the fantail of Light Cruiser USS Mobile, during the October 1943 raid on Marcus Island. Note OS2U Kingfisher scout planes on Mobile’s two catapults...
In the latter campaign, during the Battle of Santa Cruz (25-28 Oct 1942), Enterprise's aircraft damaged the carrier Zuiho while Hornet's aircraft damaged carrier Shokaku and cruiser Chikuma. While her aircraft delivered their deadly cargo on the Japanese fleet, she was struck by a Japanese ...
the second USS Yorktown a gunboat, the third USS Yorktown a hero and casualty of the Battle of Midway, the fourth USS Yorktown, a carrier that fought in the World War Two, Korea, Vietnam and the fifth USS Yorktown, an Aegis Class Cruiser, today on patrol of the world's sea lanes...
Yorktown arrived after Yamato was already badly damaged but they still claimed several torpedo hits on the battleship just before she exploded and sank. They also had bomb hits on light cruiser Yahagi before she also sank. After that engagement, Yorktown resumed support of the troops on ...
(Essex-class) during Yorktown’s shakedown cruise to Trinidad, May 1943 Yorktown (Essex-class; CV-10) circa mid-1943 with Hellcat fighters and Helldiver dive bombers on her flight deck Cruiser USS Boise passing carrier USS Yorktown (Essex-class) in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, Uni...