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

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

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USS Yorktown (CV-5): From Design and Construction to the Battles of Coral Sea and Midway 2017, Schiffer Publishing

ISBN-13: 9780764352881

Hardcover