USS Yorktown

Local nameUSS Yorktown
LocationCharleston, South Carolina, United States

USS Yorktown is one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. She was named after the Battle of Yorktown of the American Revolutionary War, and is the fourth U.S. Navy ship to bear the name. Initially to have been named Bonhomme Richard, she was renamed Yorktown while still under construction. Yorktown was commissioned in April 1943, and participated in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning 11 battle stars and the Presidential Unit Citation.

Decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, she was modernized and recommissioned in February 1953 as an attack carrier, and served with distinction during the Korean War. The ship was later modernized again with a canted deck, eventually becoming an anti-submarine carrier and served for many years in the Pacific, including duty in the Vietnam War, during which she earned five battle stars.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Yorktown_(CV-10)

Coordinates 32°47'25.402" N -79°54'30.642" E

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