 | |
| Class | Yorktown |
| Type | Fleet Carrier |
| Year | 1937 |
| Crew | 2175 |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 770 ft (pp) 809 ft |
| Beam | 83 ft - 111 ft (d) |
| Draught | 26 ft |
| Displacement | |
| Empty | 19,875 t |
| Loaded | 25,484 t |
| Performance | |
| Speed | 33 kt |
| Range | 12,000 nmi @ 15 kn |
| Machinery | |
| Shafts | 4 |
| Turbines | 4 x Geared steam 120,000 hp General Electric |
| Boilers | 9 x Babcock & Wilcox |
| Fuel | Oil: 2,754-4,360 t |
| Armament | |
| Main | 8 x 5-in/38 (8 x 1) 5"/38 Mk. 12 -10° / +35° |
| Anti-Aircraft | |
| Armor | |
| Belt | 3 - 4 in |
| Bulkhead | 4 in |
| Deck | 2 - 3 in |
| Conning tower | 2 - 4 in |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft | 96 |
| Production | |
| Built | 3 |
| Total | 3 |
| Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
|
Yorktown † | CV-5 | Newport News SB | 21/05/1934 | 04/04/1936 | 30/09/1937 | 04/06/1942 | † | Loss by submarine |
|
Enterprise | CV-6 | Newport News SB | 16/07/1934 | 03/10/1936 | 12/05/1938 | 17/02/1947 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Hornet † | CV-8 | Newport News SB | 25/09/1939 | 14/12/1940 | 25/10/1941 | 26/10/1942 | † | Loss by aircraft |
