USS Yorktown (CV-10) Aircraft Carrier (1943)
USS Yorktown CV-10 survived World War 2, the Vietnam Conflict and the Cold War to become a floating museum in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Specifications for the
USS Yorktown (CV-10)
Aircraft Carrier
Country of Origin: Please Select
Initial Year of Service: 1943
Operators: United States
Crew: 2,600
Length: 872ft (265.79m)
Beam: 147.5ft (44.96m)
Draught: 34.1ft (10.39m)
Displacement: 27,100tons
Machinery: 8 x Boilers; 4 x Westinghouse geared steam turbines; 4 x shafts.
Surface Speed: 33kts (38mph)
Range: 23,015miles (37,039km)
Armament:
ORIGINAL:
4 x 5-inch /38 caliber twin gun mounts
4 x 5-inch /38 caliber single gun mounts
8 x 40mm /56 caliber quad gun mountings
46 x 20mm /78 caliber single gun mountings
POST SCB-21A MOD:
8 x 5-inch /38 caliber single gun mountings
14 x 3-inch /50 caliber guns
POST SCB-125 MOD:
7 x 5-inch /38 caliber single gun mounts
4 x 3-inch /50 caliber twin gun mountings
Air Arm:
ORIGINAL:
100 maximum aircraft of various makes and types.
POST SCB-27A MOD:
50 Aircraft (CVS); 70 Aircraft (CVA)
Ship Class: Essex-class
Number-in-Class: 28
Ships-in-Class: SHORT-HULL GROUP: USS Essex (CV-9); USS Yorktown (CV-10); USS Intrepid (CV-11); USS Hornet (CV-12); USS Franklin (CV-13); USS Lexington (CV-16); USS Bunker Hill (CV-17); USS Wasp (CV-18); USS Bennington (CV-20); Bon Homme Richard (CV-31); Oriskany (CV-34) LONG-HULL GROUP: Ticonderoga (CV-14); Randolph (CV-15); USS Hancock (CV-19); USS Boxer (CV-21); USS Leyte (CV-32); USS Kearsarge (CV-33); USS Reprisal (CV-35); USS Antietam (CV-36); USS Princeton (CV-37); USS Shangri-La (CV-38); USS Lake Champlain (CV-39); USS Tarawa (CV-40); USS Valley Forge (CV-45); USS Iwo Jima (CV-46); USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) MODERNIZATION: SCB-27; SCB-125
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