USS YORKTOWN (BON HOMME RICHARD) (CV-10)
Bon Homme Richard was under construction at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia. Her keel had been laid on 1 Dec 41.
Bon Homme Richard was renamed Yorktown on 26 Sep 42 to commemorate USS Yorktown (CV-5) (see above). The second Yorktown was launched 21 Jan 43 and commissioned 15 Apr 43. She was decommissioned 9 Jan 47 and reclassified attack aircraft carrier (CVA-10) on 1 Oct 52. Re-commissioned in Feb 53, she was reclassified antisubmarine warfare support carrier (CVS-10) on 1 Sep 57. USS Yorktown decommissioned for the last time on 30 Jun 70 and her name was struck from the Naval Register on 1 Jun 73.
Yorktown is currently a memorial at Patriots Point, South Carolina.
Yorktown (CV-10) earned 11 battle stars and the Presidential Unit Citation during World War II and five battle stars for Vietnam service.
Late in November and early in December, she served as a platform for the filming of another movie, "Tore! Tora! Tora!," which recreated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
In December she served as one of the recovery ships for the Apollo 8 space shot.
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USS YORKTOWN (CV-5)
The keel of the Yorktown was laid down on at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia on 21 May 34. She was launched on 4 Apr 36 and commissioned on 30 Sep 37.
USS Yorktown was at Norfolk, Virginia on 7 Dec 41. The Yorktown Air Group consisted of:
Bombing Squadron Five (VB-5) with 19 Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless
Fighting Squadron Forty Two (VF-42) with 18 Grumman F4F-3 Wildcats
Scouting Squadron Five (VS-5) with 19 Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless and 2 North American SNJ-3s
Torpedo Squadron Five (VT-5) with 14 Douglas TBD-1 Devastators
USS Yorktown was sunk by aerial bombs and torpedoes during the Battle of Midway, 7 Jun 42. Her name was struck from the Naval Register on 2 Oct 42.USS Yorktown was sunk by aerial bombs and torpedoes during the Battle of Midway, 7 Jun 42.