USS Yorktown (CV-5) (1937)


Material Propulsion Country Year Launched
Steel Mechanical, Geared turbines United States 1937
Length (feet) Displacement (tons)
809 25000

2nd class of carriers designed as such; larger than the Ranger (CV-4) but smaller than the cruiser-hulled Lexington (CV-2) and Saratoga (CV-3). Two sister ships of the Yorktown were the USS Enterprise (CV-6)and Hornet (CV-7). Only US carrier lost in Battle of Midway

Sources

Robert A. McCaughey

Compiler

Peter Richards

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