CV-5
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CV-5 was the hull classification and pennant number of USS Yorktown, a famed U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that played a crucial role in early World War II Pacific battles before being sunk at Midway.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy ship
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Yorktown-class aircraft carrier → aircraft carrier → |
| airGroupSize | about 80–90 aircraft → |
| armament |
0.50 in machine guns
→
1.1 in anti-aircraft guns → 8 × 5 in/38 caliber guns → |
| awards |
3 battle stars for World War II service
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Presidential Unit Citation → |
| builder | Newport News Shipbuilding → |
| causeOfSinking | torpedoes from Japanese submarine I-168 → |
| commanderDuring |
Frank Jack Fletcher
→
surface form: "Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher"
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| commissioned | 1937-09-30 → |
| country | United States of America → |
| crewComplement | about 2,200 officers and enlisted → |
| damagedIn | Battle of the Coral Sea NERFINISHED → |
| dateSunk | 1942-06-07 → |
| displacement |
about 19,800 long tons (standard)
→
about 25,500 long tons (full load) → |
| fate | sunk → |
| flagshipOf | Task Force 17 → |
| homeport | Norfolk, Virginia → |
| hullNumber | CV-5 → |
| laidDown | 1934-05-21 → |
| launched | 1936-04-04 → |
| length | about 809 feet → |
| locationOfSinking | northwest of Midway Atoll → |
| maximumSpeed | about 32.5 knots → |
| namedAfter |
Siege of Yorktown
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surface form: "Battle of Yorktown"
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| notableFor | role in early Pacific carrier warfare → |
| operator | United States Navy → |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Midway
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Battle of the Coral Sea NERFINISHED → Doolittle Raid support operations → Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign →
surface form: "Marshall and Gilbert Islands raids"
World War II → |
| pennantNumber | CV-5 → |
| propulsion |
4 shafts
→
steam turbines → |
| repairedAt | Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard → |
| repairedDuration | about 72 hours before Midway → |
| shipClass | Yorktown class → |
| status | war grave → |
| successor | USS Yorktown (CV-10) → |
| sunkIn | Battle of Midway NERFINISHED → |
| wreckDiscovered | 1998 → |
| wreckLocation |
Central Pacific Ocean
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surface form: "Pacific Ocean near Midway Atoll"
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Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form: "USS Yorktown (CV-5)"
subject surface form: "USS Yorktown (CV-5)"