USS Yorktown (CV-5)

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United States Navy ship Yorktown-class aircraft carrier aircraft carrier

USS Yorktown (CV-5) was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier of the Yorktown class that played a pivotal role in early World War II Pacific battles before being sunk during the Battle of Midway in 1942.

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Label Occurrences
USS Yorktown (CV-5) canonical 20
USS Yorktown air group 1
aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Navy ship ⓘ
Yorktown-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
aircraft carrier ⓘ
airGroupCapacity about 80 aircraft ⓘ
armament 0.50 caliber machine guns ⓘ
1.1-inch anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
8 × 5-inch/38 caliber guns ⓘ
awarded Battle stars for World War II service ⓘ
Presidential Unit Citation (United States) ⓘ
surface form: Presidential Unit Citation
beam about 83 feet ⓘ
builder Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ
commissioned 1937-09-30 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
crewComplement about 2,200 officers and enlisted ⓘ
dateSunk 1942-06-07 ⓘ
decommissioned 1942-06-01 ⓘ
displacement about 19,800 long tons standard ⓘ
fate sunk in battle ⓘ
followedBy USS Enterprise (CV-6) ⓘ
hullNumber CV-5 ⓘ
laidDown 1934-05-21 ⓘ
launched 1936-04-04 ⓘ
length about 809 feet ⓘ
locationSunk Pacific Ocean ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 32.5 knots ⓘ
namedAfter Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Yorktown
namesake Yorktown ⓘ
surface form: Yorktown, Virginia
notableAircraftTypes Douglas SBD Dauntless ⓘ
Douglas TBD Devastator ⓘ
Grumman F4F Wildcat ⓘ
notableEvent heavily damaged at the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942 ⓘ
rapidly repaired at Pearl Harbor before Midway ⓘ
operator United States Navy ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Midway ⓘ
Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ
surface form: Battle of the Coral Sea

Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ
surface form: Guadalcanal campaign (early stages, support)

World War II ⓘ
pennantNumber CV-5 ⓘ
placeBuilt Newport News, Virginia ⓘ
precededBy USS Ranger (CV-4) ⓘ
propulsion four shafts ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
shipClass Yorktown class ⓘ
sisterShip USS Enterprise (CV-6) ⓘ
USS Hornet (CV-8) ⓘ
sponsor Eleanor Roosevelt ⓘ
sunkAt Battle of Midway ⓘ
wreckDiscovered 1998 ⓘ
wreckLocation northwest of Midway Atoll ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Midway → involvedShipUnitedStates → USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ
Battle of Midway → lostByUnitedStates → USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ
this entity surface form: aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5)
destroyer USS Hammann (DD-412) → sunkWhileAssisting → USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Hammann (DD-412)
destroyer USS Hammann (DD-412) → assistedShip → USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Hammann (DD-412)
Sōryū → attackedBy → USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ
this entity surface form: USS Yorktown air group
Battle of Coral Sea → aircraftCarrierInvolved → USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of the Coral Sea
USS Enterprise (CV-6) → precededBy → USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ
USS Hornet (CV-8) → precededBy → USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ
Japanese submarine I-168 → torpedoed → USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ
Japanese submarine I-168 → sank → USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ
Japanese submarine I-168 → victimShip → USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ
USS Sims (DD-409) → escortDutyFor → USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ
Robert Ballard → discovered → USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ
this entity surface form: wreck of aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5)
USS Hammann (DD-412) → notableAssociation → USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ
Task Force 17 → flagship → USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ
Task Force 17 → notableShip → USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ
USS Morris (DD-417) → rescuedCrewFrom → USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ
Yorktown class → ship → USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ
USS Ranger (CV-4) → followedBy → USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ
The Big E → precededBy → USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Enterprise (CV-6)
CV-8 → precededBy → USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ
USS Yorktown (CV-10) → renamedToHonor → USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ
United States Navy in World War II → notableShip → USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ