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USS Yorktown (CV-5): From Design and Construction to the Battles of Coral Sea and Midway

USS Yorktown (CV-5): From Design and Construction to the Battles of Coral Sea and Midway

Doyle, David

Hardcover

Series: Legends of Warfare: Naval, Book 1

Armed ForcesNaval HistoryWorld War II

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ISBN10: 0764352881
ISBN13: 9780764352881
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Ltd
Published: May 15 2017
Pages: 112
Weight: 1.70
Height: 0.70 Width: 9.20 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
USS Yorktown (CV-5) was the US Navy's first battle-worthy, purpose-built aircraft carrier. Her crew, already accustomed to wartime conditions by maintaining Neutrality Patrols during 1941 in the Atlantic, quickly adapted to the Pacific Theater, having been dispatched there immediately after Pearl Harbor. First at Coral Sea, then at Midway, Yorktown's flyers blunted the sword of Japanese aggression. The men flying from her decks were instrumental in turning the tide of WWII in the Pacific. This volume explores Yorktown's construction, prewar and wartime activities through carefully researched photos, many of which have never before been published, which are reproduced in remarkable clarity. This clarity, and the large size of many of the photos, coupled with descriptive and informative captions, puts the reader on the deck of this historic warship throughout her history.

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