 | Patriots Point
 is home to USS
YORKTOWN (CV-10), the Fighting Lady. (The first USS
YORKTOWN (CV-5) sank at the battle of Midway on
June 7, 1942.) Onboard the decks of this famous World War II aircraft
carrier, you can relive a momentous time in America's history. The Fighting
Lady contains all the evidence of her past; one can see, touch, feel and
smell the past, where young Americans fought and died to turn the fortunes
of war in the Pacific and fought against communism in Korea, Vietnam and in
the North Atlantic. click
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Located
on the hangar deck of the USS Yorktown at Patriots Point, the museum details
the eight eras of Medal of Honor history: The Civil War; Indian Campaigns;
Wars of American Expansion; Peacetime; World War I; World War II; Korea; and
Vietnam. Panels list all of the Medal of Honor recipients to date and
include such well-known names as Audie Murphy, Sergeant Alvin York and
Jimmie Doolittle. 
maintained by the crew of the surveillance
ship that was seized by the communist North Koreans and the crew held for 11
months. USS Yorktown went to the Sea of Japan in a show of force. 
USS Yorktown CG 48 One of the
long line of US Navy Ships called USS Yorktown. Decommissioned in 2004,
Brian McClure, ET1, Onboard Yorktown CG48 1998-2001, has set up a
website to honor that great ship the cruiser, USS Yorktown
Battleship New Jersey Historical Museum Society 
USS Yorktown CG
48 "The Yorktown Affair" Using computer technology the new USS
Yorktown, an Aegis Class guided missile cruiser goes dead in the water for
nearly 3 hours and is towed back to port.
Three US Navy aircraft
carrier fires 
National
Association of Naval Photography; Navy Photographers who have
served their country by recording the history of the world as seen by Navy
men and women in peace and in war as well as meeting the nations needs
through world wide aerial photo reconnaissance and mapping. Look up a Navy
Photographer. 
Official
US Navy Website for public domain pictures of modern aircraft carriers
in the past few months, scroll inside this site and find the contribution
that aircraft carriers have made for the defense of the United States.
