America’s Navy, therefore, built three aircraft carriers ... For the United States, the Yorktown-class carrier was the ...

Beneath the commanding exterior hull of the 30,000-ton aircraft carrier sitting in Charleston ... The underbelly of these sections of the Yorktown has dangers lurking everywhere, from rusted ...

U.S. Yorktown Class Arguably the most successful class of warship ever built, and certainly one of the most decorated, the Yorktowns were the model for all future U.S. carrier designs. Relatively ...

Like the other carriers on this list, the Yorktown-class aircraft carriers relied predominantly on their fleet of aircraft rather than their own physical armaments. Still, these vessels were armed ...