USS Yorktown (CV-10)

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USS Yorktown (CV-10) [r]Essex-class aircraft carrier in World War Two in the Pacific name changed from Bon Homme Richard in September 1942, commissioned in April 1943; decommissioned 1947, underwent SCB-27 and SCB-125 conversions into Oriskany-class and redesignated CVA-10; decommissioned 1970; now a memorial in Charleston, South Carolina [e]

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