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Yorktown class

Simplified diagram of the Yorktown class, not a photograph
Simplified diagram of the class, drawn for this site. Not a photograph and not a builder's plan.

3 were completed.

Fleet carrier. Flight deck, with the island about amidships.

Yorktown, Enterprise, and Hornet.

3 completed

Ships of this class on this site

Afloat
EnterpriseCV · CV-6 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of MidwayLandings on Guadalcanal and TulagiBattle of the Eastern SolomonsBattle of the Santa Cruz IslandsGilbert Islands, November 1943Marshall IslandsBattle of the Philippine SeaIwo JimaOkinawa
Sunk
HornetCV · CV-8 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of MidwayI-19's attack, 15 September 1942Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
Sunk
YorktownCV · CV-5 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of the Coral SeaBattle of Midway