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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
USS Enterprise (CV-6)
EnterpriseCV · CV-6 · USN
Photos and infoThe Doolittle RaidBattle of MidwayLandings on Guadalcanal and TulagiBattle of the Eastern SolomonsBattle of the Santa Cruz IslandsBattle of Rennell IslandGilbert Islands, November 1943Marshall IslandsOperation Hailstone, the raid on TrukBattle of the Philippine SeaBattle off Cape EngañoIwo JimaOkinawa
Sunk
USS Hornet (CV-8)
HornetCV · CV-8 · USN
Photos and infoThe Doolittle RaidBattle of MidwayI-19's attack, 15 September 1942Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
Sunk
USS Yorktown (CV-5)
YorktownCV · CV-5 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of the Coral SeaBattle of Midway