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Yorktown-class: World War II three-ship class of aircraft carriers, purpose-built under treaty restrictions and generally too small for major fleet use ^[e]

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Parent topics

• Aircraft carrier [r]: A warship designed to launch and recover combat aircraft and aircraft that support military operations ^[e]
• Second World War [r]: Alternative term for World War II. ^[e]

Subtopics

• USS Yorktown (CV-5) [r]: U.S. aircraft carrier of the Yorktown-class; commissioned in September 1937; sunk at the Battle of Midway, 7 June 1942 ^[e]
  • Battle of Midway [r]: Generally considered to be the turning point of the Pacific Theater in the Second World War, a Japanese force intending to capture Midway Island was turned back with the loss of four aircraft carriers, at the cost of one U.S. carrier; it was the last major Japanese offensive of the war ^[e]
• USS Enterprise (CV-6) [r]: Yorktown-class U.S. aircraft carrier; commissioned in May 1938; served through the Second World War; scrapped 1958 ^[e]
• USS Hornet (CV-8) [r]: U.S. Yorktown-class aircraft carrier; commissioned in October 1941; participated in Doolittle Raid and Battle of Midway; sunk at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in November 1942 ^[e]
  • Doolittle Raid [r]: The first U.S. offensive operation in the Pacific during the Second World War. ^[e]
  • Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands [r]: October 1942 battle between U.S. and Japanese carrier forces supporting operations on Guadalcanal; U.S. lost more ships but Japan lost more aircraft; helped hold back Japanese land attack ^[e]