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Line 1: − + − |align="center" colspan="2"|[[Image:USSYorktown1.jpg|300px]]+ − + − !colspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|USS ''Yorktown'' (CV-5)+ − + − !align ="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|Career+ − !align ="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|[[Image:US Naval Jack 48 stars.png|48px|United States Navy Jack]]+ − + − + − + − + − + − | Launched:+ − | 4 April 1936+ − + − | Commissioned:+ − | 30 September 1937+ − + − | Struck:+ − | 2 October 1942+ − |-+ − | Fate:+ − + − + − ! colspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| General characteristics+ − |- − − | 19,800-25,500 tons − |- − | Length: − − |- − | Beam: − − − − | 25 feet 11.5 inches − |- − | Propulsion: − | 9 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers, − 4 × Parsons geared turbines, − 120,000 shp (90 MW) − 4 × screws − |- − | Speed: − | 32.5 knots − − − | 2,217 officers and men − |- − | Armament: − | 8 × single 5 inch 38 caliber guns − 4 × quad 1.1 inch 75 caliber machine guns − 24 × .50 caliber machine guns − − − − +
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{{Ship
| name=USS ''Yorktown'' (CV-5)
|-
| image=USSYorktown1.jpg
| caption=
|-
| flag-raw=[[File:48 star flag.png|40px]] [[Image:US Naval Jack 48 stars.png|30px]]
| flag-caption=
| owner=United States Navy
|-
| built=Newport News Shipbuilding<br/>Newport News, Virginia
|-
| authorized=3 August 1933
| Laid down:
| keellaid=21 May 1934
| 21 May 1934
| launched=4 April 1936
|-
| commissioned=30 September 1937
| decommissioned=
| status=Sunk, [[Battle of Midway]]<br/>7 June 1942
|-
| type=Aircraft carrier<br/>''Yorktown''-class
| displ=19,800 t
| length=809 ft 6 in
|-
| beam=83 ft 1 in waterline<br/>114 ft flight deck
| draft=28 ft
| speed=33 knots
| test=
| armament=eight 5"/38 cal guns<br/>four 1.1 inch 75 cal quad machine guns<br/>twenty-four .50 cal machine guns
| Sunk; [[Battle of Midway]]
| crew=2,217 officers and men
|-
| troops=
| pass=
| Displacement:
| 809 feet 6 inches
| 83 feet 3 inches (waterline), <br/>109 feet 6 inches (flight deck)
|-
| Draft:
|-
| Complement:
|-
| Aircraft:
| 90
|}
|}
}}
'''USS ''Yorktown''''' was the 5th fleet carrier in the [[United States Navy]], and played a pivitol role in [[World War II]] during the [[Battle of the Coral Sea]], preventing a Japanese thrust against Port Moresby and Australia, and following that engagement, helped turn the tide of the war in the Pacific during the [[Battle of Midway]].
'''USS ''Yorktown''''' was the 5th fleet carrier in the [[United States Navy]], and played a pivitol role in [[World War II]] during the [[Battle of the Coral Sea]], preventing a Japanese thrust against Port Moresby and Australia, and following that engagement, helped turn the tide of the war in the Pacific during the [[Battle of Midway]].