USS Yorktown during Battle of Midway, 4 June 1942 2
USS Yorktown 6 June 1942
USS Yorktown and TF-17 operating in the Pacific before Coral Sea Battle, February 1942
USS Yorktown CV-5 moored at NAS San Diego in 1940
USS Yorktown during Battle of Midway, 4 June 1942 3
USS Yorktown anchored
USS Yorktown Battle of Midway
USS Yorktown CV-5 burning after Japanese attack Battle of Midway
Crew Abandoning USS Yorktown CV-5 Battle of Midway June 7 1942
Aircraft carrier USS Yorktown CV-5 takes a bomb at Midway
Sinking of the USS Yorktown CV-5 Battle of Midway June 7 1942
Aircraft carrier USS Yorktown CV-5 pre-war
USS Yorktown CV-5 last moments on deck, Battle of Midway
Aircraft Carrier USS Yorktown CV-5
USS Yorktown CV-5 Battle of Midway, 4 June 1942
USS Yorktown (CV-5) was lead ship of the Yorktown class aircraft carrier of World War II, sunk at the Battle of Midway. Carrier was laid down on 21 May 1934 at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. and launched on 4 April 1936, sponsored by Eleanor Roosevelt. Commissioned at the Naval Operating Base (NOB), Norfolk, Virginia, on 30 September 1937, Capt. Ernest D. McWhorter in command.