USS Yorktown

USS Yorktown is one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. Initially to have been named Bonhomme Richard, she was renamed Yorktown while still under construction, after the Yorktown-class aircraft carrier , which was sunk at the Battle of Midway.
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  • Opening hours: 9:00 AM–6:30 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: 1943 Essex-class aircraft carrier
  • Also known as: “Bon Homme Richard aircraft carrier”, “CV 10”, “CV-10”, “CV-10 Yorktown”, “CVA-10”, “CVA-10 Yorktown”, “CVS-10”, “CVS-10 Yorktown”, “USS Bon Homme Richard”, and “Yorktown aircraft carrier”
  • Address: 40 Patriots Point Road, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: USS Laffey and Patriots Point.

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is an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer… is situated 410 feet southeast of USS Yorktown.

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Naval & Maritime Museum is a naval… is situated 900 feet east of USS Yorktown.

Public aquarium
The , is an aquarium… is situated 1 mile west of USS Yorktown.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ansonborough and Wraggborough.

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USS Yorktown

Latitude
32.79041° or 32° 47′ 26″ north
Longitude
-79.90853° or 79° 54′ 31″ west
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
Established
January 3rd, 1976
Levels
11
Height
56 feet (17 metres)
Roof shape
flat
Operator
Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum
Open location code
8742Q3RR+5H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 39010151
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­ship
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ship
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
10377054
Wiki­data ID
Q562230
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“USS Yorktown” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “USS Yorktown”
  • Asturian: “USS Yorktown”
  • Balinese: “USS Yorktown”
  • Bulgarian: “Йорктаун”
  • Catalan: “USS Yorktown”
  • Chinese: “約克鎮號航空母艦”
  • Chinese: “约克城号航空母舰”
  • Croatian: “USS Yorktown”
  • Czech: “USS Yorktown”
  • Finnish: “USS Yorktown”
  • French: “USS Yorktown”
  • German: “USS Yorktown”
  • German: “Yorktown”
  • Greek: “USS Yorktown”
  • Indonesian: “USS Yorktown”
  • Irish: “USS Yorktown”
  • Italian: “USS Yorktown”
  • Japanese: “ヨークタウン”
  • Korean: “USS 요크타운”
  • Persian: “یواس‌اس یورک‌تان”
  • Persian: “یواس‌اس یورک‌تون”
  • Polish: “USS Yorktown”
  • Portuguese: “USS Yorktown”
  • Russian: “USS Yorktown”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “USS Yorktown”
  • Slovak: “USS Yorktown (CV-10)”
  • Slovak: “USS Yorktown”
  • Spanish: “USS Yorktown”
  • Swedish: “USS Yorktown”
  • Ukrainian: “USS Yorktown”
  • Vietnamese: “USS Yorktown”
  • “USS Yorktown”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Bayview Acres and Aquarium Wharf.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum and Charleston Harbor Fish House.

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