Yorktown
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Yorktown may refer to:
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[edit] Places in the United States
- Yorktown, Arkansas
- Yorktown, Illinois
- Yorktown, Indiana
- Yorktown, Iowa
- Yorktown, Kentucky
- Yorktown, Maryland
- Yorktown, New Jersey
- Yorktown, New York
- Yorktown Heights, New York, a hamlet in the town of Yorktown
- Yorktown, North Carolina
- Yorktown, Ohio
- Yorktown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a neighborhood
- Yorktown, Texas
- Yorktown, Virginia
- The Siege of Yorktown, the concluding battle of the American Revolutionary War
- Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, an important U.S. Navy facility
- Yorktown Day, an annual festival in Yorktown, Virginia
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[edit] Vessels
Ships of the United States Navy, commemorating the Siege of Yorktown:
- USS Yorktown (1839), a 16-gun ship sloop commissioned in 1840 that sunk in 1850 after hitting a reef in the Cape Verde islands
- USS Yorktown (1888), a gunboat, launched in 1888, commissioned in 1889, and decommissioned in 1921
- USS Yorktown (CV-5), 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
- USS Yorktown (CV-10), 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, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
- USS Yorktown (CG-48), a guided missile cruiser commissioned in 1984 and decommissioned in 2004
[edit] Other uses
- The starship USS Yorktown (NCC-1717), a Constitution class vessel in the Star Trek fictional universe
[edit] See also
- Yorktown High School, several high schools in the United States