Disambiguation evidence for CV-5 via surface form

"USS Yorktown (CV-5)"


As subject (47)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "USS Yorktown (CV-5)".

Predicate Object
airGroupSize about 80–90 aircraft
armament 0.50 in machine guns
armament 1.1 in anti-aircraft guns
armament 8 × 5 in/38 caliber guns
awards 3 battle stars for World War II service
awards 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
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)
displacement about 25,500 long tons (full load)
fate sunk
flagshipOf Task Force 17
homeport Norfolk, Virginia
hullNumber CV-5 self-linksurface differs
instanceOf United States Navy ship
instanceOf Yorktown-class aircraft carrier
instanceOf aircraft carrier
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
surface form: Battle of Yorktown
notableFor role in early Pacific carrier warfare
operator United States Navy
participatedIn Battle of Midway
participatedIn Battle of the Coral Sea NERFINISHED
participatedIn Doolittle Raid support operations
participatedIn Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign
surface form: Marshall and Gilbert Islands raids
participatedIn World War II
pennantNumber CV-5 self-linksurface differs
propulsion 4 shafts
propulsion 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
surface form: Pacific Ocean near Midway Atoll