USS Yorktown (CV-5) is an American aircraft carrier laid down in 1934, launched in April 1936 and commissioned into the US Navy in September 1937. The length of the ship was 246.7 meters, the width was 33.4 meters, and the total displacement was 25,500 tons. The maximum speed of the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown was about 32-33 knots, and its main armament consisted of 85 onboard aircraft. USS Yorktown was the first aircraft carrier of the class with the same name. During the construction of this type of ships, the experience gained during the operation of the Lexington-type ships was used. First of all, it was decided to build relatively large aircraft carriers, and the greatest emphasis should be placed on the number of aircraft that can be accepted and the maximum speed, due to armor. So they were going in the same direction as the Japanese designers and in the opposite direction to the British Royal Navy. It is worth adding that the construction of the USS Yorktown took place within the framework of the program to restore the American economy after the Great Depression of 1929, initiated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. At the time of joining the Navy, USS Yorktown belonged to the Atlantic Fleet, but often cooperated with ships of the Pacific Fleet. Finally, almost immediately after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (December 1941), it was transferred to the Pacific Ocean, and from January 1942 it belonged to Task Force 17. In February 1942, USS Yorktown participated in air attacks on Japanese troops in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands, and then operated in the Coral Sea. In May 1942, she took part in the Battle of the Coral Sea, where she was badly damaged, but thanks to lightning repairs carried out at Pearl Harbor, she was able to take part in the Battle of Midway in June 1942. in the course of this battle — as a result of an attack by Japanese aircraft and a torpedo attack by a Japanese submarine — she sank on June 7, 1942.
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