| Career (United States) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Yorktown |
| Namesake: | Battle of Yorktown |
| Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding |
| Laid down: | 1 December 1941 |
| Launched: | 21 January 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 15 April 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 9 January 1947 |
| Recommissioned: | 2 January 1953 |
| Decommissioned: | 27 June 1970 |
| Reclassified: | CVA-10 on 1 October 1952 CVS-10 on 1 September 1957 |
| Struck: | 1 June 1973 |
| Status: | Museum ship Patriots Point in Charleston, South Carolina |
| General characteristics As built | |
| Class & type: | Essex-class aircraft carrier |
| Displacement: | As built: 27,100 tons standard 36,380 tons full load |
| Length: | As built: 820 feet (250 m) waterline 872 feet (266 m) overall |
| Beam: | As built: 93 feet (28 m) waterline 147 feet 6 inches (45 m) overall |
| Draft: | As built: 28 feet 5 inches (8.66 m) light 34 feet 2 inches (10.41 m) full load |
| Propulsion: | As designed: 8 × boilers 565 psi (3,900 kPa) 850 °F (450 °C) 4 × Westinghouse geared steam turbines 4 × shafts 150,000 shp (110 MW) |
| Speed: | 33 knots (61 km/h) |
| Range: | 20,000 nautical miles (37,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement: | As built: 2,600 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | As built: 4 × twin 5 inch (127 mm) 38 caliber guns 4 × single 5 inch (127 mm) 38 caliber guns 8 × quadruple 40 mm 56 caliber guns 46 × single 20 mm 78 caliber guns |
| Armor: | As built: 2.5 to 4 inch (60 to 100 mm) belt 1.5 inch (40 mm) hangar and protectice decks 4 inch (100 mm) bulkheads 1.5 inch (40 mm) STS top and sides of pilot house 2.5 inch (60 mm) top of steering gear |
| Aircraft carried: | As built: 90–100 aircraft 1 × deck-edge elevator 2 × centerline elevators |
| General characteristics SCB27A Modification | |
| Displacement: | After SCB-27A modification: 28,200 tons standard 40,600 tons full load |
| Length: | After SCB-27A modification: 819 feet 1 inch (250 m) waterline 898 feet 1 inch (274 m) overall |
| Beam: | After SCB-27A modification: 101 feet 5 inches (30.91 m) waterline 151 feet 11 inches (46.30 m) overall |
| Draft: | After SCB-27A modification: 29 feet 8 inches (9.04 m) |
| Armament: | After SCB-27A modification: 8 × single 5-inch (130 mm) 38 caliber guns 14 × twin 3-inch (76 mm) 50 calibre guns |
| Armor: | After SCB-27A modification: Belt replaced by a blister with 60 lb (27 kg) STS |
| Aircraft carried: | After SCB-27A modification: 50 aircraft carried in CVS role and 70 in CVA role 2 × H8 hydraulic catapults added |
| General characteristics SCB125 Modification | |
| Displacement: | After SCB-125 modification: 30,800 tons standard 41,200 tons full load |
| Length: | After SCB-125 modification 824 feet 6 inches (251 m) waterline 890 feet (270 m) overall |
| Beam: | After SCB-125 modification: 101 feet (31 m) waterline 196 feet (60 m) overall |
| Draft: | After SCB-125 modification: 30 feet 1 inch (9.17 m) |
| Armament: | After SCB-125 modification: 7 × single 5 in (130 mm) 38 caliber guns 4 × twin 3 in (76 mm) 50 caliber guns |
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