Yorktown-class aircraft carrier

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The Yorktown class was a class of three aircraft carriers built for the United States Navy and completed shortly before World War II, the Yorktown (CV-5), Enterprise (CV-6), and Hornet (CV-8). They immediately followed Ranger, the first U.S. aircraft carrier built as such.

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Image: U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-89185, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.