USN · CV
AfloatEssex-class carrier, CV-10. Built at Newport News, launched 21 January 1943 and commissioned 15 April 1943. She had been named Bon Homme 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. She went on to the Gilberts, the Philippine Sea, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. 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 |
| Launched | 1943-01-21 |
| 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. |
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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.
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.
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Command
Fitzgerald, Charles TuckermanCommander in command from 16 July 1946Relieved on 26 December 1946
Reeves, Malcolm ClephaneCommander in command from 26 December 1946Relieved on 9 January 1947Gilbert Islands, November 1943
1943-11-20 · raids on Jaluit and Mili from 19 November 1943 and support of the troops on Makin on 20 November; not sunk
Marshall Islands
1944-01-31 · TG 58.1; struck Maloelap on 29 January and Kwajalein into the first days of February; not sunk
Operation Hailstone, the raid on Truk
1944-02-17 · TG 58.1, force flagship (NavWeaps). Her Air Group 5 attacked shipping and Katori's group. Not sunk
Battle of the Philippine Sea
1944-06-19 · TG 58.1; her aircraft claimed 37 planes on 19 June 1944 and hit Zuikaku on 20 June; not sunk
Iwo Jima
1945-02-19 · air support over the island from 20 to 23 February 1945; not sunk
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · strikes on Okinawa from 23 March 1945; hit on the signal bridge by a bomb off Kyushu on 18 March; aircraft joined the Yamato strike on 7 April; not sunk
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