News & Events
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Spring tide at Patriots Point
Posted: Apr 24, 2009Today is a very busy one at Patriots Point with over 1000 school and adult visitors scheduled to arrive for educational programs and tours of our ships and aircraft. The […]
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Troop 9 Worcester, MA, Flight Training at Patriots Point
Posted: Apr 22, 2009Just as the Navy selected Pensacola, Florida, for the site of naval air training due to good weather conditions, Troop 9 out of Worcester, Massachusetts elected to come south to […]
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18 April Scout Topgun!
Posted: Apr 19, 2009Boy Scout Troop 245 from Cumming, Georgia, attended the aviation merit badge class onboard Yorktown this weekend at Patriots Point. The troop did a pretty good job in the combat […]
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Yorktown from the top!
Posted: Apr 14, 2009Here are a couple of images from our maintenance supply guy, William “Billy” Weatherford. My post on the ghost bomb hit from 18 March inspired him to forward these images […]
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April Volunteer Profile – George Lodge – aeronautical engineer
Posted: Apr 01, 2009Our April volunteer profile features our only aeronautical engineer, George Lodge,who worked for the Glenn L. Martin aircraft company from 1939 to 1947. He grew up in Camden, New Jersey […]
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E. L. Wright technology visit
Posted: Mar 31, 2009Every year (at least for the last 3 if not more) in March/April E. L. Wright middle school from Columbia, SC, comes to the USS Yorktown to learn about technology […]
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The Amazing Fred Fox story!
Posted: Mar 28, 2009Sixty four years ago, the Yorktown (CV-10) was engaged in softening up Okinawa for the Army/Marine invasion on 01 April. On the morning of 26 March, VBF-9 and VT-9 off […]
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Scout aviators from Indiana
Posted: Mar 25, 2009Troop 646 from Guilford, Indiana, spent two days and nights of adventure on USS Yorktown, Monday and Tuesday this week. They had a great time in the aviation class and […]
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Japanese bomb and Ghost bomb strike Yorktown!!!
Posted: Mar 18, 2009Sixty four years ago on 18 March while conducting operations off Okinawa, the USS Yorktown (CV-10) was struck by a Japanese bomb at 1507 (3:07 PM) when a Judy dive […]
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The Fighting Lady has a Facebook page!!!
Posted: Mar 13, 2009Dick Trammel has published a Facebook page for “the Fighting Lady.” Become a Fan of the Yorktown…you can find her page here.