USN · CV
Yorktown
Photos and infoEssex-class carrier, CV-10. Built at Newport News and commissioned 15 April 1943. She had been named Bonhomme Richard and was renamed after CV-5 was lost. With Task Group 58.1 she struck Maloelap on 29 January 1944 and Kwajalein from 30 January through the first days of February, then retired to Majuro. Not sunk. She is the museum ship at Patriots Point, South Carolina.
| Class | Essex class |
|---|---|
| Type | Aircraft carrier (CV) |
| Hull | CV-10 |
| Builder | Newport News |
| Commissioned | 1943-04-15 |
| Fate | Afloat. This is CV-10, not CV-5. Laid down as Bonhomme Richard and renamed after CV-5 was lost. Museum ship at Patriots Point, South Carolina. |
| Armament (class) | Fleet carrier. Flight deck, with the island set aft of amidships. |
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.
USS Yorktown (CV-10) seen from above, underway at sea in 1943. The National Archives dates the photograph probably 1945, and Commons dates it to 1943 from the markings on the ship. U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-414666. Wikimedia Commons File:Aerial view of USS Yorktown (CV-10) underway at sea in 1943 (80-G-414666).jpg. Public domain.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Marshall Islands
1944-01-31 · TG 58.1; struck Maloelap on 29 January and Kwajalein into the first days of February; not sunk
