The Yorktown (CV-10) was of the Essex Class. Named to replace the Yorktown (CV-5) that was sunk at the Battle of Midway.
The Yorktown Class comprised the Yorktown (CV-5), Enterprise (CV-6), and, after the Washington Naval Treaty was dissolved, Hornet (CV-8). You'll note the gap between the Enterprise and Hornet. The Wasp (CV-7) was built to fill-in the tonnage that the Washington Naval Treaty allowed for, The Wasp was essentially a "one-off" ship and weighted in at 14,700 tons versus the 19,800 (pre-war weight) tons of her bigger sisters. --- On Sun, 4/5/09, Bob Dennison <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Bob Dennison <[email protected]> > Subject: [Papermodels II 35542] Re: seeking USS Enterprise CV-6 paper model > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, April 5, 2009, 2:48 PM > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Yorktown_(CV-10) > > Interesting facts for those who are interested. > > Bob D... USS Kearsarge CVA-33 1957-1958 > > --- On Sun, 4/5/09, Lord_Graytiger > <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Lord_Graytiger <[email protected]> > Subject: [Papermodels II 35537] seeking USS Enterprise CV-6 > paper model > To: "Papermodels II" > <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, April 5, 2009, 12:59 PM > > Has anyone found a paper model of the Big 'E'? > Preferably a freebie, > wife and I are jobless and money is too tight to spend on > hobbies > atm. :( > > (For the uninformed, I'm talking about the WW2 era > aircraft carrier -- > Yorktown class.) > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
