Yorktown

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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

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