Summary and Key Points: The USS Yorktown (CV-10), an Essex-class aircraft carrier nicknamed “Fighting Lady,” earned 11 battle stars and a Presidential Unit Citation during World War II.
Down south in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, rests the USS Yorktown (CV-10), another carrier that served in the Pacific during World War II. The Yorktown lived out its usefulness until June 1970 ...
We have chosen 10 that reflect the different roles these ... Commissioned on September 30, 1937, the USS Yorktown (CV-5) was ...