USS Yorktown

1936 Yorktown-class aircraft carrier
Vehicle aircraft_carrier Q311245
USS Yorktown
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USS Yorktown

Summary

USS Yorktown is an aircraft carrier[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of aircraft_carrier entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,502 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • USS Yorktown received the American Defense Service Medal[3].
  • USS Yorktown received the American Campaign Medal[4].
  • USS Yorktown received the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal[5].
  • USS Yorktown received the World War II Victory Medal[6].
  • USS Yorktown's image is recorded as USS Yorktown (CV-5) Jul1937.jpg[7].
  • USS Yorktown's instance of is recorded as aircraft carrier[8].
  • USS Yorktown's instance of is recorded as shipwreck[9].
  • USS Yorktown's operator is recorded as United States Navy[10].
  • Siege of Yorktown is named after USS Yorktown[11].
  • USS Yorktown's manufacturer is recorded as Newport News Shipbuilding[12].
  • USS Yorktown's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 143140961[13].
  • USS Yorktown's GND ID is recorded as 4635979-5[14].
  • USS Yorktown's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85281973[15].
  • USS Yorktown's vessel class is recorded as Yorktown-class aircraft carrier[16].
  • USS Yorktown's Commons category is recorded as USS Yorktown (CV-5)[17].
  • USS Yorktown was dissolved in +1942-06-07T00:00:00Z[18].
  • USS Yorktown's participated in conflict is recorded as World War II[19].
  • USS Yorktown's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 30.599722222222, 'lon': -176.56777777778}[20].
  • USS Yorktown's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01bnyh[21].
  • USS Yorktown's service entry is recorded as +1937-09-30T00:00:00Z[22].
  • USS Yorktown's cause of destruction is recorded as torpedo[23].
  • USS Yorktown's significant event is recorded as purchase order[24].
  • USS Yorktown's significant event is recorded as keel laying[25].
  • USS Yorktown's significant event is recorded as ship launching[26].
  • USS Yorktown's significant event is recorded as ship commissioning[27].

Body

Recognition

Awards received include American Defense Service Medal[3], an United States service medals of the world wars[28], in United States[29], founded in 1941[30]; American Campaign Medal[4], a campaign medal[31], in United States[32], founded in 1942[33]; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal[5], a campaign medal[34], in United States[35], founded in 1942[36]; and World War II Victory Medal[6], an United States service medals of the world wars[37], in United States[38], founded in 1945[39].

Works and Contributions

Things named for USS Yorktown include it[40], an aircraft carrier[41], in United States[42] and Yorktown-class aircraft carrier[43], a ship class[44], founded in 1936[45].

Why It Matters

USS Yorktown ranks in the top 7% of aircraft_carrier entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,502 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

Entities named for it include it[40], an aircraft carrier[41], in United States[42] and Yorktown-class aircraft carrier[43], a ship class[44], founded in 1936[45].

FAQs

What awards did USS Yorktown receive?

Honors received include American Defense Service Medal[3], American Campaign Medal[4], Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal[5], and World War II Victory Medal[6].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . NavSource Naval History. Retrieved . navsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . NavSource Naval History. Retrieved . navsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [11] . NavSource Naval History. Retrieved . navsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . NavSource Naval History. Retrieved . navsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . NavSource Naval History. Retrieved . navsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [5] . NavSource Naval History. Retrieved . navsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [6] . NavSource Naval History. Retrieved . navsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . NavSource Naval History. Retrieved . navsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . NavSource Naval History. Retrieved . navsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . NavSource Naval History. Retrieved . navsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . NavSource Naval History. Retrieved . navsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . NavSource Naval History. Retrieved . navsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . NavSource Naval History. Retrieved . navsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . NavSource Naval History. Retrieved . navsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . NavSource Naval History. Retrieved . navsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . NavSource Naval History. Retrieved . navsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [40] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [43] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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