USS Yorktown (WW II Fleet Carrier)
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The third USS Yorktown (CV-5) was lead ship of the Yorktown class aircraft carrier of World War II, and was sunk in the Battle of Midway.
[edit] Yorktown in Days of Infamy
The Yorktown one three carriers that were part of the fleet the United States sent to Hawaii in June, 1942, in a failed attempt to retake the islands from the Empire of Japan. Yorktown and another carrier, Saratoga, were sunk.
[edit] Yorktown in "News From the Front"
The Yorktown was damaged in the Coral Sea during an engagement with the Japanese Navy in 1942, according to the Los Angeles Times and Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
