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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 Yorktown”, “CVA-10 Yorktown”, “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 include USS Laffey and Patriots Point.

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is an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer constructed during World War II, laid down and launched in 1943, and commissioned in February 1944. She was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Seaman Bartlett Laffey, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his stand against Confederate forces during the Civil War. is situated 400 feet southeast of USS Yorktown.

Museum
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Naval & Maritime Museum is a naval museum located in , at the mouth of the on the , across from . is situated 900 feet east of USS Yorktown.

Public aquarium
The , located in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, opened on May 19, 2000. Located on the historic Charleston Harbor, visitors can enjoy views of the waterfront, including the USS Yorktown and Ravenel Bridge. is situated 1 mile west of USS Yorktown.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ansonborough and Wraggborough.

Quarter
is a neighborhood in . In 1726, Captain George Anson acquired a 64-acre tract from Thomas Gadsden. Anson's lands were divided into smaller parcels for development, and several streets were named either for his ships or for himself: George and Anson, Scarborough and Squirrel, and Centurion.

Quarter
is a neighborhood in downtown , named after slave trader Joseph Wragg, and noted for its association with the slave trade.

Quarter
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The is a historic district and a section of downtown , , , that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

USS Yorktown

Latitude
32.79041° or 32° 47′ 26″ north
Longitude
-79.90854° or 79° 54′ 31″ west
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
Inception
1943
Height
56 feet (17 metres)
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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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

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

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