Yorktown Class Aircraft Carriers

Naval history of American aircraft carriers of the Yorktown Class. Aircraft carriers including USS Yorktown, USS Enterprise and USS Hornet from their launch to their participation in major wars also notice board for naval historians & families of ex-crew of the Yorktown class aircraft carriers. The Yorktown class was a further development of the Ranger type Aircraft carrier Displacement: 20218 tons standard , 25893 tons full load. Speed: 34 knots Armament: Eight 5-inch guns Forty 40mm AA guns Crew: 2702
USS Yorktown (CV5)	4th April 1936	Sunk on 7th June 1942.
USS Enterprise (CV6)	3rd October 1936	Refitted in 1943 she took part in most of the carrier battles in the Pacific. Sold for scrapping on 1st July 1958.
USS Hornet (CV8)	14th December 1940	Sunk on 24th October 1942.
USS Yorktown (Cranston Fine Arts have produced a superb singed limited edition of this fine carrier shown at bottom of the page)
USS Yorktown, 1937. A large image size 10" x 7" approx, is available. Reproduced from the original negative / photo under license from MPL, the copyright holder. A signed numbered certificate is supplied. Price £25. Order photograph here Order Code XMP5045 Original republished © MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price £5 Click here to order. Order Code MP5045
USS Enterprise CV-6 USS Enterprise was built at Newport News and launched o the 3rd October 1936 and completed in ay 1938. She was at sea with the carrier force and flagship of Task Force 8 under the command of Vice Admiral Halsey delivery aircraft to Wake Island when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. In April 1942 she escorted USS Hornet which was carrying the Mitchell bombers for the famous Tokyo raid. During the Battle of Midways USS Enterprise lost a large number of her Torpedo Bombers. But her dive bombers along with aircraft of the other carriers sank three Japanese carriers. this event changed the course of the war. On 24th August 1942 USS Enterprise suffered three hits which killed 74 servicemen during the Battle of the eastern Solomon's. and again during the Battle of Santa Cruz she again was hit by two bombs which killed a further 44 servicemen. USS Enterprise was also present in further campaigns in the pacific and was damaged during Kamikazes off Okinawa in April and May 1945 . After the war she served as an attack carrier and as a anti submarine warfare carrier and was finally broken up in 1957. (Cranston Fine Arts have produced a superb singed limited edition of this fine carrier shown at bottom of the page)
USS Enterprise

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Naval Historians, Crew & Family Noticeboard MESSAGES ALTON F COPE.. My father Alton served on Yorktown and was aboard when she sank during the Battle of Midway. Does anyone remember him or have a list of surviving crew members. THOMAS J GOODE... My father was on board the Yorktown during the battles of the Coral Sea and Midway as a forward sky lookout. I would like to know if anybody remembers him. He is now very sick and is unable to tell me about the ship. I am a naval history buff and would like to know anything and everything about that great ship. If anyone remembers my father who was just 17 at the time of the battles please contact me Robert Goode


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USS Yorktown at the Battle of Midway by Anthony Saunders

USS Yorktown seen accompanied by her destroyers including USS Hammann shown under attack by Japanese Torpedo Bombers (Kates) during the battle of Midway. It was in this action that USS Yorktown was lost.

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Dawn Enterprise by Anthony Saunders

The first light of dawn silhouettes the massive outline of the Yorktown class carrier USS Enterprise, in mid April 1944 she was partnered by the new Essex Class carrier USS Lexington.

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