USS Yorktown (CV-5)
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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.
Aliases (3)
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy ship
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Yorktown-class aircraft carrier → aircraft carrier → |
| airGroupCapacity | about 80 aircraft → |
| armament |
0.50 caliber machine guns
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1.1-inch anti-aircraft guns → 8 × 5-inch/38 caliber guns → |
| awarded |
Battle stars for World War II service
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Presidential Unit Citation (United States) →
surface form: "Presidential Unit Citation"
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| 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
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surface form: "Battle of Yorktown"
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| namesake |
Yorktown
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surface form: "Yorktown, Virginia"
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| notableAircraftTypes |
Douglas SBD Dauntless
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Douglas TBD Devastator → Grumman F4F Wildcat → |
| notableEvent |
heavily damaged at the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942
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rapidly repaired at Pearl Harbor before Midway → |
| operator | United States Navy → |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Midway
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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
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steam turbines → |
| shipClass | Yorktown class → |
| sisterShip |
USS Enterprise (CV-6)
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USS Hornet (CV-8) → |
| sponsor | Eleanor Roosevelt → |
| sunkAt | Battle of Midway → |
| wreckDiscovered | 1998 → |
| wreckLocation | northwest of Midway Atoll → |
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form: "Battle of the Coral Sea"
subject surface form: "USS Hammann (DD-412)"
this entity surface form: "USS Yorktown air group"
this entity surface form: "wreck of aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5)"
this entity surface form: "aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5)"
subject surface form: "USS Enterprise (CV-6)"
subject surface form: "USS Hammann (DD-412)"