Aircraft Carriers: Yorktown Class
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Brian James
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Aircraft Carriers: Yorktown Class
USS Yorktown (CV-10) post her 1953 SCB-27A modernization (left) and post her 1956 SCB-125 modernization (right).
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ivorthediver
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Re: Aircraft Carriers: Yorktown Class
Didn't she do well !..... a case of the old style and the new.. eh Brian
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Brian James
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Re: Aircraft Carriers: Yorktown Class
Yorktown Class Carrier USS Hornet pictured at Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.Yard, on October 13th 1941,prior to her commissioning on October 20th 1941.
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Brian James
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Re: Aircraft Carriers: Yorktown Class
USS Yorktown pictured in July 1937.
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designeraccd
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Re: Aircraft Carriers: Yorktown Class
Below is a drawing set showing the differences between the 3 units of this class. Also some pictures...... 
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Brian James
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Re: Aircraft Carriers: Yorktown Class
USS Hornet pictured in February 1942.
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Brian James
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Re: Aircraft Carriers: Yorktown Class
USS Yorktown,1943.
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designeraccd
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Re: Aircraft Carriers: Yorktown Class
psst...CV10 YORKTOWN was/is second unit of ESSEX class CV............ 
Profile comparisons, too between ESSEX class CV-10 and pre-war YORKTOWN. 
DFO
Profile comparisons, too between ESSEX class CV-10 and pre-war YORKTOWN. DFOYou do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
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DonBoyer
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Re: Aircraft Carriers: Yorktown Class
That bridge differentiation drawing is a handy little item...right up to October of 1943 that is.
Don G. Boyer
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"For a successful technology, reality has to take precedence over public relations, because nature cannot be fooled."(Richard Feynman)
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Brian James
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Re: Aircraft Carriers: Yorktown Class
USS Yorktown seen at NAS San Diego in 1940.
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