Yorktown

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Yorktown is the name of several places in the United States of America:

• Yorktown, Arkansas
• Yorktown, Illinois
• Yorktown, Indiana
• Yorktown, Iowa
• Yorktown, Kentucky
• Yorktown, Maryland
• Yorktown, New Jersey
• Yorktown, New York
• Yorktown, Ohio
• Yorktown, Philadelphia, a neighborhood in the Pennsylvania city
• Yorktown, Texas
• Yorktown, Virginia - site of the Battle of Yorktown (1781)

These places should not be confused with the various places named York and Yorkville.

At least five ships of the United States Navy have borne the name Yorktown, to commemorate of the decisive Battle of Yorktown in the American Revolutionary War; most famous among them was the aircraft carrier that served during World War II.

• The first Yorktown was a 16-gun ship sloop commissioned in 1840 that sunk in 1850 after hitting a reef in the Cape Verde islands.
• The second Yorktown was a gunboat, launched in 1888, commissioned in 1889 and decommissioned in 1921.
• The third Yorktown (CV-5) was an aircraft carrier commissioned in 1937, and a major combatant in World War II until she was sunk at the Battle of Midway in 1942.
• The fourth Yorktown (CV-10) was also an aircraft carrier, commissioned in 1943, a participant in World War II and the Vietnam War, decommissioned in 1970 and now a museum at Patriot's Point in Charleston Harbor, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina.
• The fifth Yorktown (CG-48) is a guided missile cruiser, commissioned in 1984 and decommissioned in 2004.

"Yorktown" is also a part of the name of:

• Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, an important U.S. Navy facility
• Yorktown Heights, New York
• The starship USS Yorktown (NCC-1717) is a Constitution class vessel in the Star Trek fictional universe.
• Yorktown Day, an annual festival in Yorktown, Virginia.
• Yorktown Assembly of God, a church in Yorktown Heights, New York.
• Several high schools in the United States: Yorktown High School