America’s Navy, therefore, built three aircraft carriers ... For the United States, the Yorktown-class carrier was the ...

was to become the most important American aircraft carrier to serve Active Duty in that momentous year of 1942 as World War II raged on. A new class generation of ships provided for by Yorktown ...

Beneath the commanding exterior hull of the 30,000-ton aircraft carrier sitting in Charleston ... The underbelly of these sections of the Yorktown has dangers lurking everywhere, from rusted ...

U.S. Yorktown Class Arguably the most successful ... the Yorktowns were the model for all future U.S. carrier designs. Relatively large, fast, very sea worthy vessels with excellent protection and ...

PACIFIC OCEAN: Yorktown native and Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Russell Morehead is pictured conducting maintenance on an BRU-32 ejector rack aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier ...