USN · CV
AfloatYorktown-class carrier. Spruance flew his flag in her at Midway. Her dive bombers hit the Japanese carriers. Not sunk in this battle.
| Class | Yorktown class |
|---|---|
| Type | Aircraft carrier (CV) |
| Hull | CV-6 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war. Her aircraft helped sink the Japanese carriers at Midway. |
| Armament (class) | Fleet carrier. Flight deck, with the island about amidships. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
U.S. Navy photo 19-LCM-CV6-71792. USS Enterprise (CV-6) underway near Pearl Harbor, 2 August 1944, in Measure 32 camouflage. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Command
Pownall, Charles AlanCaptain from 21 December 1938Relieved on 29 May 1940
Douglas, Archibald HughCaptain from 29 May 1940NavSource note 1: in command about four hours (1504-1904), then ordered to command SaratogaRelieved on 29 May 1940Pownall, Charles AlanCaptain from 29 May 1940Relieved on 21 March 1941GMMurray, George D.Captain from 21 March 1941Relieved on 30 June 1942
Spruance, Raymond AmesFlag, not her captain, 4 June 1942
Davis, Arthur CayleyCaptain from 30 June 1942Relieved on 21 October 1942OHHardison, Osborne B.Captain from 21 October 1942Relieved on 7 April 1943CWWieber, Carlos WilhelmCaptain from 7 April 1943Relieved on 16 April 1943
Ginder, Samuel PaulCaptain from 16 April 1943Relieved on 7 November 1943
Gardner, Matthias BennettCaptain from 7 November 1943Relieved on 10 July 1944
Hamilton, Thomas JamesCommander in command from 10 July 1944Relieved on 29 July 1944
Glover, Cato Douglas Jr.Captain from 29 July 1944Relieved on 14 December 1944
Hall, Grover Budd HartleyCaptain from 14 December 1944Relieved on 25 September 1945
Mitscher, Marc A.Flag, not her captain, after Bunker Hill was hit on 11 May 1945
Rees, William LehighCaptain from 25 September 1945Relieved on 20 February 1946
Bardwell, Francis EmersonCaptain from 20 February 1946Relieved on 10 June 1946
Craven, Conrad WinfieldCommander in command from 10 June 1946Relieved on 31 January 1947
Davis, Lewis FarlingCommander in command from 31 January 1947Relieved on 17 February 1947The Doolittle Raid
1942-04-18 · Halsey's flagship (Gwin's DANFS); her fighters and scout planes covered the force, since Hornet's could not fly. Not attacked. Not sunk
Battle of Midway
1942-06-04 · not hit
Landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi
1942-08-07 · air support for the landings
Battle of the Eastern Solomons
1942-08-24 · bombed; not sunk
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
1942-10-26 · flagship of Kinkaid. Two bomb hits and near-misses about 1105 and 1220. She avoided about nine torpedoes. Not sunk
Battle of Rennell Island
1943-01-29 · her fighters covered Chicago on the 30th and broke up the 751 Air Group attack. Not engaged by ships. Not sunk
Gilbert Islands, November 1943
1943-11-20 · air support at Makin
Marshall Islands
1944-01-31 · air cover for the landings
Operation Hailstone, the raid on Truk
1944-02-17 · TG 58.1. Her Air Group 10 bombed Eten airfield and shipping; that night she flew the first carrier night radar bombing attack (DANFS). Not sunk
Battle of the Philippine Sea
1944-06-19 · in the battle
Battle off Cape Engaño
1944-10-25 · TG 38.4 carrier; an Enterprise plane took the NHHC photo NH 95543 of the attack on Zuikaku and Zuiho. Not sunk
Iwo Jima
1945-02-19 · supported the landings
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · damaged in April, and a kamikaze hit her on 14 May; not sunk
Shot and shell
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