USS Yorktown (CV-10)

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title: USS Yorktown (CV-10)
text: 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. She is the fourth U.S. Navy ship to bear the name, though the previous ships were named for the 1781 Battle of Yorktown. Yorktown was commissioned in April 1943, and p
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description: Essex-class aircraft carrier of the US Navy
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Yorktown_(CV-10)
date created: 2003-04-25T13:08:22Z
date modified: 2024-08-30T08:56:38Z
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