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malthaussen

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17. CV-6 was a Yorktown class carrier.

Sat Aug 23, 2014, 09:24 AM

Aug 2014

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_%28CV-6%29

Enterprise participated in almost every significant battle in the Pacific War (she missed out on Coral Sea).

There were three Yorktown class carriers, Yorktown (CV-5), Enterprise (CV-6), and Hornet (CV-8). (CV-7, in case you're wondering, was the Wasp, of a different design from the Yorktowns.) Only CV-5 and CV-6 of the class were operational at the outbreak of the war. Ironically, although Enterprise was cut up after the war to make barstools and pinball machines, Yorktown's wreck (discovered in 1998) is still in excellent condition... three miles down.

-- Mal

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Former Navy carrier - USS Satatoga - on final voyage [View all] Cooley Hurd Aug 2014 OP

Hey, they scrapped the Big E, didn't they? malthaussen Aug 2014 #1

Agreed. The wagons get all the glory Boom Sound 416 Aug 2014 #3

I tip one to your father's memory. malthaussen Aug 2014 #4

... Boom Sound 416 Aug 2014 #5

The last aircraft carrier named Enterprise didnt see WW II sdfernando Aug 2014 #6

CV-6 USS Enterprise was the storied Hornet-Class aircraft carrier of WW2 Cooley Hurd Aug 2014 #9

Which Enterprise was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier? Brother Buzz Aug 2014 #15

CV-6 was a Yorktown class carrier. malthaussen Aug 2014 #17

Sorry. My bad - CV-6 was a Yorktown class carrier - there was no Hornet class... Cooley Hurd Aug 2014 #18

Based in Mayport, Jacksonville, FL. Boom Sound 416 Aug 2014 #2

The ship I was on is still in service....in the Spanish Navy Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2014 #7

... Boom Sound 416 Aug 2014 #8

That's the thing about WW2-era LST's... Cooley Hurd Aug 2014 #10

Served for about a year and a half (1972-3) on... Wounded Bear Aug 2014 #11

The Forrestal is a sad story... Cooley Hurd Aug 2014 #12

You were on the Forrest-Fire huh. denbot Aug 2014 #19

Isn't there a police department that can use her in their arsenal? Glassunion Aug 2014 #13

It would have to be a coastal PD... Cooley Hurd Aug 2014 #14

I was thinking Lake Lawtonka Oklahoma Glassunion Aug 2014 #16