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Photographer: Mike Stroud
Taken: May 12, 2009
Caption:
USS Yorktown (CV~5) Plaque | Additional Description: On Display inside :
this Plaque is about Yorktown predecessor CV-5 :
USS Yorktown
(CV-5)
3 Battle Stars WW II
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Participated in early 1942 raids on Marshall and
Gilbert Islands, assisted in sinking IJN Carrier
Shoho in the May 1942 Barttle of the
Coral Sea. Her planes sank IJN Carrier
Soryu
and help sink IJN Carrier
Hiryu in the 4-7
June 1942 Battle of Midway.
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Commissioned 30 September 1937
Sank 7 June 1942 ( Battle of Midway )
Submitted: May 16, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p63622
File Size: 0.390 Megabytes
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