Uss Yorktown (cv-10)
Essex-class aircraft carrier of the US Navy in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Added to the National Register in 1982, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
USS Yorktown (CV/CVA/CVS-10) is one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. Initially to have been named Bonhomme Richard, she was renamed Yorktown while still under construction, after the Yorktown-class aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5), which was sunk at the Battle of Midway. She is the fourth U.S. Navy ship to bear the name, though the previous ships were named for the 1781 Battle of Yorktown. Yorktown was commissioned in April 1943, and participated in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning 11 battle stars and the Presidential Unit Citation.
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The record
| Property type | Structure |
| Address | W of Mt. Pleasant on E side of Charleston Harbor, Mount Pleasant vicinity, SC |
| County | Charleston County |
| Listed | Nov 10, 1982 |
| Reference number | 82001519 |
| Type of place | aircraft carrier, military museum, museum ship |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 structures |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | W of Mt. Pleasant on E side of Charleston Harbor, Mount Pleasant, SC |
| Coordinates | 32.79069, -79.90840 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park · 3 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Buck Hall Recreation Area 26 mi |
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Nearby in Charleston County
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 82001519. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.