USS Yorktown (CV-5)
Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-651042 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Project type: Military and Public Safety
Started: 1934
Completed: 1936
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Description
The USS Yorktown (CV 5) Aircraft Carrier, commissioned by the U.S. Navy, was built with federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The vessel served during World War II and was lost in the Battle of Midway, 1942. Her wreckage was discovered by Robert Ballard in 1998, located in the North Pacific Ocean, approximately 1,300 miles W/NW of Hawaii.
Source notes
Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Yorktown_(CV-5) “Titanic explorer finds Yorktown,” CNN, June 4, 1998 Federal Works Agency, Millions for Defense, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1940.
Project originally submitted by Brent McKee on November 17, 2016.
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THIS DEAR FRIEND IS ONE OF THE MILLIONS OF OUR WONDERFUL MILITARY. HE WAS ON THE USS YORKTOWN, CV-5, WHEN IT WAS SUNK DURING THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY IN WWII IN JUNE 1942. HE WAS A RETIRED CAPTAIN IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY.
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