USS Yorktown

USS <i>Yorktown</i> Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, April 20, 2013

1. USS Yorktown Marker

Inscription.
Since the October 19, 1781, victory at Yorktown, Virginia, five U.S. Navy ships have been named Yorktown. The first (1840) was constructed at Gosport Shipyard, the present-day Norfolk Naval Shipyard. The 16-gun ship sloop hit a reef in the Cape Verde Islands and sunk in 1850. The second (1888), a gunboat with both steam engines and schooner-rigged masts, was decommissioned in 1921. The third (1937), an aircraft carrier built at the Newport News Shipyard and sponsored by Eleanor Roosevelt, was sunk during the Battle of Midway in 1942. The fourth (1943), also an aircraft carrier, was constructed in just 16½ months at the Newport News Shipyard. Decommissioned in 1970, this USS Yorktown (CV-10) is a museum at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum in South Carolina. The fifth was a guided-missile cruiser commissioned at Yorktown on July 4, 1984, and decommissioned in 2004.

Erected by York County, Virginia.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: War, World II • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Eleanor Roosevelt series list. A significant historical month for this entry is July 1862.

Location. Marker is missing. It was located near 37° 14.255′ N, 76°

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30.434′ W. Marker was in Yorktown, Virginia, in York County. It could be reached from the intersection of Water Street and Ballard Street (Virginia Route 1020), on the right when traveling west. Located along Yorktown's Riverwalk. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Yorktown VA 23690, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was on Virginia’s Peninsula,

in Coastal Virginia,

and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area.

It was also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Tidewater.

Globally, it was in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this location: Kiskiack (within shouting distance of this marker); The York River (within shouting distance of this marker); York River Ecosystem (within shouting distance of this marker); Steamboats on York River (within shouting distance of this marker); Civil War Hot-Air Balloons (within shouting distance of this marker); Kiskiak Indians (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Virginia Institute of Marine Science (about 400 feet away); Site of the Home of Nicolas Martiau (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Yorktown.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Seat of the County of York (was here, next to this marker but has been confirmed missing).

Yorktown's Riverwalk image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, April 20, 2013

2. Yorktown's Riverwalk

Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 21, 2013, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 696 times since then and 41 times this year. Last updated on February 15, 2026, by Evan Dwyer of Richmond, Virginia. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 21, 2013, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.