USS ''Yorktown'' may refer to the following ships of the
United States Navy
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* , a 16-gun
sloop-of-war
In the 18th century and most of the 19th, a sloop-of-war in the Royal Navy was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. The rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above; thus, the term ''sloop-of-war'' en ...
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 (museum ship since 1975)
* , a commissioned in 1984 (awaiting scrapping)
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United States Navy ship names