USS Yorktown (CV-10)

This expanded 176-page volume in theLegends of Warfareseries includes 350 images, making it one of the most comprehensive entries in the series to date. USSYorktown(CV-10) is an Essex-class aircraft carrier, which sailed on combat tours with the US Navy in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. The ship currently is preserved and open to the public as part of the Patriots Point museum complex near Charleston, South Carolina. CV-10 replacedYorktownCV-5, which was sunk at the Battle of Midway. This expanded 176-page entry in theLegends of Warfareseries includes 350 images. The photographs, tables, and accompanying text reveal the ship in construction, on display at Patriots Point, and of course during its long naval service in the interim.