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Yorktown-class Fleet Carriers


Construction Data


Dimensions


Displacement Length Beam Draft

Design


Machinery:
Speed: 32.5 knots
Range/Endurance:
USS Yorktown, 1937
USS Yorktown (CV-5) tied up at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia, 4 August 1937, following sea trials.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Photo source:
U. S. Naval Historical Center  [ Flag of United States ]

Personnel


Ship's Company: 2,919
Air Group:


Armament


Weapons: 8 x 5 inch naval guns; 22 x 50-caliber machineguns in various mounts
Aircraft: 81-85


Ships in Class

CV-5 USS Yorktown CV-6 USS Enterprise CV-8 USS Hornet

Sources

1. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U. S. Naval Historical Center - CV-5 USS Yorktown  [ Flag of United States ] Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (Online) at Haze Gray and Underway - CV-5 USS Yorktown [ World Wide Web icon ] United States Naval Historical Center: Online Library of Selected Images - USS Yorktown (CV-5), 1937-1942 - Overview and Special Image Selection  [ Flag of United States ]