USS Yorktown

Museum ship

Type	Aircraft carrier
Class	Essex
War	Second World War
Main guns	12 × 5″ guns

Renamed while building in honour of the Yorktown lost at Midway. Fought at the Philippine Sea and her aircraft hit Yamato in April 1945. A museum ship at Charleston, South Carolina.

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CVS-10) underway at sea on 10 March 1963. Yorktown, with assigned Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 55 (CVSG-55), was deployed to the Western Pacific from 26 October 1962 to 18 June 1963. Photo: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

12 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns
32 × 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns
46 × 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns

Armour

Waterline belt: 2.5–4 in (64–102 mm)
Deck: 1.5 in (38 mm)
Hangar deck: 2.5 in (64 mm)
Bulkheads: 4 in (102 mm)

Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding
Laid down	1 December 1941
Launched	21 January 1943
Commissioned	15 April 1943
Displacement	27,100 long tons (27,500 t) (standard) 36,380 long tons (36,960 t) (full load)
Length	820 feet (249.9 m) (wl) 872 feet (265.8 m) (o/a)
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement	2,600 officers and enlisted men

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

21 January 1943

Battle of the Philippine Sea

Survived

19–20 June 1944

Operation Ten-Go

Survived

7 April 1945