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	Yorktown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The second Yorktown was a gunboat, launched in 1888, commissioned in 1889 and decommissioned in 1921.
		The third Yorktown (CV-5) was an aircraft carrier commissioned in 1937, and a major combatant in World War II until she was sunk at the Battle of Midway in 1942.
		The fourth Yorktown (CV-10) was also an aircraft carrier, commissioned in 1943, a participant in World War II and the Vietnam War, decommissioned in 1970 and later a memorial at Patriot's Point, South Carolina.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yorktown (288 words)

	Encyclopedia article on USS Yorktown (CV-5) [EncycloZine] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Yorktown departed Pearl Harbor on 20 April 1941 in company with Warrington (DD-383), Somers (DD-381), and Jouett (DD-396); headed southeast, transited the Panama Canal on the night of 6 and 7 May, and arrived at Bermuda on the 12th.
		Yorktown had not achieved her part in the victory without cost, and had suffered enough damage to cause experts to estimate that at least three months in a yard would be required to put her back in fighting trim.
		Yorktown (CV-5) earned three battle stars for her World War II service; two of them being for the significant part she had played in stopping Japanese expansion and turning the tide of the war at Coral Sea and at Midway.
	encyclozine.com /USS_Yorktown_(CV-5) (5547 words)

	U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers - USS Yorktown (CV 5) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Yorktown departed Pearl Harbor on 20 April 1941 in company with USS Warrington (DD-383), USS Somers (DD-381), and USS Jouett (DD-396); headed southeast, transited the Panama Canal on the night of 6 and 7 May, and arrived at Bermuda on the 12th.
		Yorktown 's damage control parties brought the fires under control, and, despite her wounds, the ship was still able to continue her flight operations.
		Yorktown, as it turned out, floated through the night; two men were still alive on board her — one attracted attention by firing a machine gun that was heard by the sole attending destroyer, USS Hughes.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv05-yorktown/cv05-yorktown.html (5733 words)

	CG 48 Yorktown
		Yorktown served as a stabilizing force during her third and fourth Mediterranean deployments, while the world watched in wonder at the end of the Cold War and the tremendous coalition victory in DESERT STORM.
		Yorktown commenced the exercise phase of her deployment in the beginning of June and participated in international exercises with the Oman, Egypt, Britain, France and Jordanian navies through mid-July.
		Yorktown and her crew stopped briefly in Yorktown, Va., to offload ammunition in preparation for decommissioning in December, and embark family and friends for a 'tiger cruise,' before heading home.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/cg-48.htm (2450 words)

	Yorktown on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Yorktown campaign (1781) brought to a close the American Revolution; the battlefield surrounds the town.
		In the Civil War, Yorktown was besieged (Apr.-May, 1862) by McClellan in the Peninsular campaign, and the city was taken by Union troops on May 4.
		Places of interest in Yorktown include the customhouse (c.1706; restored 1929); Grace Church (1697); the Moore House (c.1725), in which the terms of Cornwallis's surrender were negotiated; and the Yorktown Monument (1881), commemorating the victory of 1781.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/Y/Yorktown.asp (734 words)

	Yorktown Horse Pedigree (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		After winning a pair of six-furlong sprints, Yorktown was considered to be a bit player in the envisioned dramatic duel between Kentucky Derby and Preakness champ Carry Back and New Orleans favorite Orleans Dodge for the 1962 New Orleans Handicap.
		Yorktown proved experts wrong with a strong stretch run to capture the race, with Hillsborough second and Carry Back third.
		Yorktown also triumphed in the 1962 John B. Campbell Handicap at Bowie before retiring to stand at Spendthrift Farm.
	www.pedigreequery.com /index.php?query_type=horse&search_bar=horse&h=YORKTOWN (255 words)

	USN Ships--USS YORKTOWN (CV-5)
		Yorktown then steamed to the South Pacific, where she participated in a series of raids and other operations that climaxed in the Battle of Coral Sea in early May. In this action, in which she was damaged by enemy bombs, her planes attacked two Japanese aircraft carriers, helping to sink Shoho and damaging Shokaku.
		USS Yorktown (CV-5) is hit on the port side, amidships, by a Japanese Type 91 aerial torpedo during the mid-afternoon attack by planes from the carrier Hiryu, 4 June 1942.
		USS Yorktown (CV-5) being abandoned by her crew after she was hit by two Japanese Type 91 aerial torpedoes, 4 June 1942.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-xz/cv5.htm (1083 words)

	U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers - USS Yorktown (CV 10) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Yorktown remained in the Norfolk area until 21 May 1943 at which time she got underway for shakedown training in the vicinity of Trinidad.
		Yorktown entered the lagoon at Ulithi on 14 May 1945 and remained there until 24 May at which time she sortied with TG 58.4 to rejoin the forces off Okinawa.
		Yorktown arrived back in her home port on 18 June 1963 and resumed normal operations for the remainder of the year.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv10-yorktown/cv10-yorktown.html (6247 words)

	Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center
		Experience the story of America's beginnings at Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center.
		At the Yorktown Victory Center, you'll discover the lives of men and women who witnessed the American Revolution and the formation of the new nation.
		There, grind corn, steer with a whipstaff, try on English armor, enlist in the Continental Army or assist with farm chores.
	www.historyisfun.org (201 words)

	BATTLE OF MIDWAY--Japanese Attacks on USS Yorktown, 4 June 1942
		At about noon, as these planes approached USS Yorktown (CV-5), the most exposed of the three American aircraft carriers, they were intercepted by the U.S. combat air patrol, which shot down most of the bombers.
		For views of and on board USS Yorktown (CV-5) during the 4 June battle, prior to the Japanese air attacks on her, see: USS Yorktown Operating on 4 June 1942; and Scenes on USS Yorktown, 4 June 1942
		Yorktown is heeling to port and is seen at a different aspect than in other views taken by Pensacola, indicating that this is the second of the two torpedo hits she received.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/wwii-pac/midway/mid-8.htm (1534 words)

	Yorktown Campaign (1781)
		It was a tribute to their individual characters and professionalism that the complexities of such operations succeeded, given that neither of the army commanders spoke the language of the other.
		The remarkably swift execution by the joint and combined military Franco-American forces, leading to the 1781 Yorktown victory has been difficult for some to accept as the result of evolving circumstances which were exploited by the exemplary, rapid decisions of the various allied commanders.
		Yorktown remains a functioning small town with some of the colonial structures still standing.
	xenophongroup.com /mcjoynt/yrkcam-z.htm (3018 words)

	USS Yorktown -- Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
		During World War II, the USS Yorktown fought against the Japanese for more than two years, inflicting heavy damage on the Japanese at Truk and the Marianas, helping sink the largest battleship ever built, the Imperial Japanese Navy's Yamato and supporting American ground troops in the Philippines, at Iwo Jima and at Okinawa.
		The USS Yorktown was converted for jet use in 1955 with the addition of a new angled flight deck, hurricane bow and flight deck.
		The USS Yorktown aircraft carrier, a National Historic Landmark, can be seen at Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, across the harbor from historic downtown Charleston.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/aviation/yor.htm (655 words)

	USS Yorktown Decommissioned at Pascagoula (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Yorktown has a proud 20-year history of service to her country, and is the fifth ship to bear the name Yorktown.
		Yorktown most recently completed a six-month deployment with the USS Wasp (LHD 1) Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG 2), making key contributions to Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom and Market Time II in support of the global war on terrorism.
		Yorktown is the second Ticonderoga-class cruiser to be decommissioned at Pascagoula.
	www.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=16159 (434 words)

	AllRefer.com - Yorktown campaign (U.S. History) - Encyclopedia
		Yorktown campaign, 1781, the closing military operations of the American Revolution.
		Cornwallis fortified Yorktown and waited for reinforcements to come from Sir Henry Clinton in New York.
		While he was there, late in August, a French fleet under Admiral de Grasse arrived from the West Indies, blockaded Chesapeake Bay, and defeated (September) the British naval forces under Admiral Graves.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/Y/Yorktncam.html (342 words)

	Yorktown, Texas (Cities)
		Yorktown is on Hwy 72 and Coleto Creek seventy-five miles east of San Antonio and thirty-six miles northwest of Victoria in southwestern DeWitt County.
		In 1980 Yorktown had a population of 2,498 and more than 150 businesses, including an oilfield-equipment factory.
		In 1990 Yorktown had a population of 2,207.
	www.ohwy.com /tx/y/yorktown.htm (119 words)

	Historic Naval Ships Visitors Guide - USS Yorktown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Yorktown's planes inflicted heavy losses on the enemy at Truk and in the Marianas; the carrier supported American troops in the Philippines, at Iwo Jima, and at Okinawa.
		Yorktown received 11 battle stars for her World War II service and was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation.
		Yorktown also serves as the headquarters for the Congressional Medal of Honor Society and the Congressional Medal of Honor Museum.
	www.hnsa.org /ships/yorktown.htm (277 words)

	Yorktown, Virginia (Cities)
		Yorktown is located in York County, of which it is the county seat, 16 miles north of Newport News between Gloucester Point and Tabb along Highway 17 on the banks of the York River in the Eastern Region of the state.
		Yorktown, founded in 1691, was a busy 18th-century tobacco port; the town is best remembered as the site of the Battle of Yorktown, which effectively ended the Revolutionary War.
		Yorktown is part of the Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News metro area.
	www.ohwy.com /va/y/yorktown.htm (181 words)

	USS Yorktown Aids in Tanker Crew’s Rescue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Yorktown is assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group Two (ESG-2) currently conducting missions in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom.
		Yorktown, operating less than 80 nautical miles from Everton, proceeded at best speed and arrived on-scene within hours.
		Yorktown sent its rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB) to one of the other commercial vessels and took approximately seven of Everton’s crew, including its master, back to the cruiser to assess the situation and coordinate a plan to help fight the fire.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=12468 (426 words)

	Yorktown
		Early in August Cornwallis moved down the York River and occupied Yorktown, while the marquis stationed his army at Malvern Hill; and here they remained until the inaugurating of a great and unexpected movement that was to end the campaign and the war.
		For three years, since the battle of Monmouth, Washington had held his army as a watchdog, guarding the great valley of the Hudson, while Clinton, in the city of New York, was ever threatening to invade it.
		In the hope of luring Washington back, he sent Arnold to harass the coast of Connecticut, but the traitor was driven away by the swarming minute men.
	www.usahistory.info /south/Yorktown.html (1832 words)

	The Glory of Yorktown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		There are a number of old structures in Yorktown, dating to its earliest days--the Episcopal church erected in 1700; the Custom House built in 1715; the hotel opened in 1725; and a number of dwellings dating from 1699 forward.
		Yorktown, ancient and venerable, became heroic and glorious in 1781, when it witnessed the crowning victory of the Revolutionary War, which achived American indepedence and assured the establishment of the United States.
		When CORNWALLIS selected Yorktown as a naval base, he probably did not anticipate the contingency of a siege, because the place was not especially favorable for defense.
	www.ls.net /~newriver/va/yorktwn1.htm (6562 words)

	YORKTOWN MAP - Archiving Early America
		The successful outcome of the Yorktown campaign, led by Gen. Washington and French Gen. Rochambeau, marked the end of the Revolutionary War, thus winning independence for the 13 colonies.
		It also established Yorktown's place in history as the site of Gen. Cornwallis' surrender of his troops to the Allied forces.
		It is clear that without the support of the French land and sea forces the victory at Yorktown would not have been possible.
	www.earlyamerica.com /earlyamerica/maps/yorkmap (586 words)

	Yorktown Crew (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Yorktown is part of the National Capital Area Scholastic Rowing Association, and rows out of Thompson's Boathouse along the Potomac River.
		Although Crew is a club sport at Yorktown because it is not financially supported by Arlington County, it operates as a Varsity sport in all other ways.
		Rowers are eligible for Varsity letters and fall under the rules and regulations of the Virginia High School League.
	www.yorktowncrew.org (158 words)

	The Battle of Yorktown
		The Battle of Yorktown was the climax of the Revolutionary War.
		Meanwhile, Washington and Rochambeau would march south to Yorktown and form a semicircle around the city.
		On September 28, 1781, Washington and Rochambeau, along with Lafayette's troops and 3,000 of de Grasse's men, arrived at Yorktown.
	members.aol.com /spursfan50/davidallen/yorktown.htm (714 words)

	Yorktown Heights News
		Poughkeepsie Pioneers fans were pleased Friday as they witnessed their football team notch a victory over the host Yorktown Heights Huskers, 30-13 in a league game.
		Six years ago, Jeremiah Taylor of Yorktown Heights, N.Y., entered the hospital for what he assumed would be routine back surgery.
		Lois Podoshen Lois Podoshen of Yorktown Heights admits that she was as clueless as anyone else about that anxiety-producing social custom of oursto tip or not to tipand how much.
	www.topix.net /city/yorktown-heights-ny (1266 words)

	Yorktown Victory Center
		The Siege of Yorktown effectively ended the six-year struggle for American independence and set the stage for a new government and nation.
		Today at the Yorktown Victory Center, America’s evolution from colonial status to nationhood is chronicled through a unique blend of timeline, film, thematic exhibits and outdoor living history.
		This museum of the American Revolution is located near Yorktown Battlefield and Visitor Center, administered by the National Park Service.
	www.historyisfun.org /yorktown/yorktown.cfm (269 words)

	The Siege of Yorktown
		General Cornwallis had chosen to withdraw from those positions to maximize defenses with his limited forces after he had received word from General Clinton that a relief fleet would be departing New York on October 5.
		After the completions of the first parallel, the bombardment of Yorktown began on October 9, 1781 with Saint-Simon firing the first shots at 3:00 P.M. By October 10, forty-six guns were in place and inflicted so much damage that Lt. General Charles Cornwallis was only able to return about six round an hour.
		After dusk on October 11, digging was begun in preparation for an assault on British Redoubts Nos 9 and 10 on the southeast side of Yorktown, which was necessary to complete the second tighter parallel.
	www.myrevolutionarywar.com /battles/810928.htm (1763 words)

	Yorktown Civic Association - Arlington, Virginia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Yorktown Civic Association Spring Meeting was held on Wednesday, May 18, 2005, at Yorktown High School, with County Board Chairman Jay Fisette as the guest speaker.
		The Yorktown Civic Association has been notified by Marymount University that a recently-adopted master plan calls for a new 3-story parking garage at the corner of Old Dominion Drive and 26th Street (across from St. Mary’s church).
		Petitions were signed by residents on the Yorktown association end of the project area, but an inadequate number of signatures were collected outside our area.
	www.yorktowncivic.com /yorktowncivic.aspx (2332 words)

	Knights of Columbus Council 7469
		The Yorktown Council meets at St. Joan of Arc Church in Yorktown on Route 17.
		The Yorktown Council works closely with the St Joan of Arc, St. Kateri Tekakwitha, and the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Parishes in Yorktown, providing funds for various projects, as well as members being active participants in their parish.
		Yorktown Council 7469 is proud to announce the Awarding of a $500 Scholarship to Eileen Hinds and Cassie Matthews.
	kofc_council7469.home.att.net (178 words)

	The Yorktown Campaign
		From today’s perspective, it is difficult to appreciate the long odds faced by Americans and their French allies in the Yorktown campaign of 1781.
		The prospects for George Washington and his northern army at the start of the year were not bright.
		Cornwallis's confidence in his ability to hold Yorktown declined as enemy artillery pounded his fortifications, supplies and ammunition ran low, and an evacuation attempt failed.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1312.html (509 words)

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