As announced 56 years to the day of the June 4, 1942 battle which led to its demise, USS Yorktown was recently discovered, more than three miles under the sea, off the island of Midway in the ...
On the Main deck of the USS Yorktown, veterans were instructed by local artists and assisted by students in expressing their journey, service and sacrifice through watercolor paintings.
Until now only one other ship sunk in this battle had ever been found - the American vessel USS Yorktown, in 1998. This month's discoveries came after weeks of searching by crew members based on ...
Today, four of these historic ships—USS Lexington (CV-16), USS Yorktown (CV-10), USS Intrepid (CV-11), and USS Hornet (CV-12)—are preserved as museum ships, honoring their legacy as some of ...