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USS Yorktown Aircraft Carrier
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Aircraft Carrier Models, Books, Videos, DVD's, Pictures and Veterans Page, USS Yorktown CV-5 and CV-10 and the Battle of Midway.The USS Yorktown was commissioned in April of 1943 in Newport News Virginia. The USS Yorktown weighed 27,100 tons and is an Essex Class Aircraft Carrier. In August 1943 the USS Yorktown made its first strike against Marcus Island. During the rest of 1943 the Yorktown fought at Wake Island in the Gilberts operation. From January to May of 1977 the Yorktown was one of the Aircraft Carriers that covered the landings on the Marshall Islands and on Western New Guinea generally battering the Japanese forces throughout the Central Pacific. In June of 1944 the USS Yorktown attacked Saipan and Guam as well as hitting the Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku in the Battle of the Philippine Sea. For the rest of June and into July the Yorktown fought other targets in the Marianas, the Bonins and Volcano Islands. |
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1/350 USS Yorktown CV-10 Aircraft Carrier - 5603
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Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. |
1/700 USS Yorktown CV-10 Carrier by TRUMPETER MODELS Plastic Model Kit. Price: $24.95 
Product Description 1-700 Scale. Measures 15 inches long when complete. Can be built as full hull or waterline version.. 637 pieces. Waterline plate and display stand included. Comes with aircraft for the deck and decals. Skill level 2 |
SBD-2 Dauntless Battle Of Midway Airplane Model Kit. by Accurate Miniatures Price: $29.95
Product Description 1/48 Scale. Features 110 Parts Molded in Gray and Clear Plastic. Finely Recessed Panel Lines. Positional, Perforated Dive Flaps. Optional Canopies (Open and Closed). Protected Decals and Clear parts. Dedicated R-1820-32 Engine. Detailed Instruction Booklet. Decals for All 16 SBD-2 Dauntlesses from VMSB-241 that participated in th Battle of Midway on 4 June 1942. |
The Second World War, Vol. 18: The Battle of Midway. The Battle For the West Wall (2000) Price: $11.99 DVD Movie.
DVD Release Date: April 12, 2005 |
The Great Battles of World War II: Pearl Harbor/The Battle of Midway (2000) Price: $17.99 DVD Movie.
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The Ultimate National Geographic World War II Collection. (Untold Stories/The Battle for Midway/Pearl Harbor - Legacy of Attack) (2001) Starring: Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett Director: Michael Bay Rating: DVD Movie. Price: $44.99
Tagline: December 7, 1941 - It Was A Sunday Morning... Plot Outline: Pearl Harbor follows the story of two best friends, Rafe and Danny, and their love lives as they go off to join the war. Plot Synopsis: Set during the time of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, two friends (Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett) are caught up in the events that draw the United States into World War II. One of them enlists with the U.S. Army Air Corps and the other flies for the British Royal Air Force, but they both find themselves in love with the same woman (Kate Beckinsale). |
The Battle of Midway DVD Movie.
Product Description: From back cover, "The Battle of Midway was the most important battle of the War in the Pacific during World War II. By any ordinary standard, the U.S. Navy was hopelessly outclassed. They had no battleships, the enemy eleven. They had eight cruisers, the enemy twenty three. They had two working cruisers, the enemy had eight...and they actually knew very little of war. They were up against the finest fighting plane in the world: The Japanese Zero-yet somehow they prevailed? This is their story of strategy, pluck, individual skill and incredible luck over might." |
National Geographic's The Battle for Midway (1998) DVD Movie. Price: $17.99
Amazon.com The man who found the Titanic, Dr. Robert Ballard, took on the greatest technical challenge of his career when he traveled to the Pacific waters off Midway Island, site of a critical turning point of World War II, in search of the sunken aircraft carrier U.S.S. Yorktown. This documentary not only details Ballard's challenge in finding the Yorktown, which rests three miles below the surface, a mile deeper than the Titanic, but also provides an intelligent and gripping narrative of the Battle of Midway, in which four Japanese carriers were also sent to the bottom in a furious day of fighting that turned the tide of the war in the Pacific. On the expedition with Ballard are four veterans, two Japanese and two Americans, who had been involved in the decisive 1942 battle, and who are at times overwhelmed by emotion as Ballard looks for their old ships. The dogged search for a Japanese carrier is fruitless, but finally Ballard finds a debris field that leads him to the Yorktown. Ballard's remarkable underwater cameras scan the great carrier, which rests upright on the ocean floor, its antiaircraft guns still pointed skyward as if to ward off yet another furious Japanese attack. As one might expect from a National Geographic production, this documentary is both intelligently conceived and beautifully photographed. --Robert J. McNamara. Product Description:
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The Battle of Midway (1942) Starring: Donald Crisp, Henry Fonda Director: John Ford. DVD Movie. Price: $8.99
Plot Outline: The Japanese attack on Midway in June 1942, filmed as it happened. Plot Synopsis: On June 4-6, 1942, a large Japanese force attempted to capture Midway Island in the North Pacific, but was defeated by U.S. forces with a loss ratio of 4:1 in favor of the Americans. On hand was a crew of naval photographers directed by John Ford; their documentary footage was edited together with narration by Hollywood actors. The film covers the attack on Midway, some limited aerial footage, the search for survivors, and aftermath of the battle. |
Battlefield: The Battle of Midway - The Battle (Time-Life) (1994). VHS Video.
Product Description A Battle Against the Odds: THE COMMANDERS: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz -As commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleets, Nimitz brilliantly engineered a dance of death on the Pacific. Yet his Fleet almost let the enemy slip right by. Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto - Fresh from directing the devastation on Pearl Harbor, Japanese Fleet Commander in Chief Yamamoto executed the surprise attack on Midway. Just a few short years earlier, he had served as a naval attaché' in Washington, D.C. THE BATTLE: The Japanese expected a weakened foe. The Americans, armed with radar and the ability to read Japanese coded communications, bore down with surprising ferocity. THE CASUALTIES: America: the carrier Yorktown, a destroyer, 150 planes and 307 lives. The Invaders: four aircraft carriers, two heavy cruisers, three destroyers, 275 planes and 3,500 lives. |
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For most of the rest of 1944 the Yorktown underwent an overhaul then
rejoined the fleet in November of 1944. She then participated in
attacks on Japanese positions in the Philippines, Formosa, Indochina and
then on the Chinese Coast until January of 1945. In February and
March the USS Yorktown supported the landings on Iwo Jima then conducted
air strikes against the Japanese homeland. In March of 1944 she was
struck by an enemy bomb but was able to remain in the action. From
late March to June of 1945 the Yorktown took part in the Okinawa Campaign.
on April 7th, 1945 her planes helped sink the Japanese Battleship Yamato
and some of her escorts. For the rest of World War 2, the Yorktown
mostly made raids on the Japanese Homeland. In January of1947 the
USS Yorktown was decommissioned.
In 1951 the USS Yorktown began a major modernization and overhaul. She was then redesignated the CVA-10 and reentered active duty in February of 1953. In August the Yorktown departed for the Far East to join the Seventh Fleet and in the early part of 1955 she supported the Tachin Islands evacuation. Later in 1955 the Yorktown was again overhauled and modernized adding an angled flight deck and an enclosed bow. After two more West Pac tours, the USS Yorktown was again redesignated the CVS-10 as an antisubmarine support aircraft carrier. From the mid part of 1960 the Yorktown was used for support for the
Viet Nam War. In 1968 she played a major role in the motion picture
"Tora! Tora! Tora!" and was a part of the Apollo 8 space flight recovery.
The Yorktown was decommissioned in June of 1970 and in 1975 she was moved
to Charleston, South Carolina as a museum that you can visit today.
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Here to see the USS Yorktown CV-5 1937-1942.
Click here to see a list of Aviation and Space
Museums. The Name carries on the first
Yorktown was a sloop-of-war commissioned in 1840. She was used in
curtailing the slave trade off of Africa. She sunk in September 1850
after hitting an uncharted reef off of Cape Verde Island. The second
Yorktown was a steel hulled gunboat commissioned in 1889. She was
decommissioned in 1921. The Third USS Yorktown was the CV-5 which
was commissioned in 1937 and sunk in the Battle of Midway on June 4th of
1942. The fifth USS Yorktown was the CV-10 Commissioned in 1943 and
decommissioned in 1970. The USS Yorktown (CG 48), is named after
the decisive battle of the American revolutionary war, and is the fifth
ship to be so named. The following books, aircraft carrier models, dvd
movies, videos, and pictures tell the whole story of the Yorktown and the
Battle of Midway. |
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Naval Historical Center, USS Yorktown CV-10 The Fighting Lady USS Yorktown CV-5 / CV-10 the USS Yorktown (CV-10) and other ships in Charleston Harbor. |
Please note: The background picture on this page was taken when I
was stationed on the
USS Kitty Hawk in 1977-1978 in the Western Pacific.
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