USS ''Yorktown'' may refer to the following ships of the
United States Navy
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* , a 16-gun
sloop-of-war
During the 18th and 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship of the Royal Navy with a single gun deck that carried up to 18 guns. The rating system of the Royal Navy covered all vessels with 20 or more guns; thus, the term encompassed all u ...
commissioned in 1840, sunk in 1850
* , the lead commissioned in 1889, sold in 1921
* , the lead commissioned in 1937, sunk in 1942
* , an commissioned in 1943, a museum ship since 1975
* , a commissioned in 1984, scrapping completed in 2024
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United States Navy ship names