News & Events
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Seagoing Marines onboard Yorktown
Posted: Oct 23, 2009A contingent of the United States Seagoing Marine Association boarded Yorktown for a reunion on Wednesday, 21 October. They are Marines who served on ships at sea. In the picture […]
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Former Yorktown crewmembers "Meet and Greet"
Posted: Oct 13, 2009Fourteen former Yorktown crewmembers met with visiting guests and scouts this past Saturday, 03 October. The crewmembers included Ed Branning, Ben Couillard, Robert Dorsey, Les Hakes, Ed Hewitt, Dennis Hite, […]
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Yorktown Association returns for 62nd Reunion!
Posted: Oct 07, 2009Former crewmembers of the USS Yorktown began arriving today for their 62nd Reunion! The first reunion was 15 April 1948 (5th anniversary of CV-10’s commissioning) in New York City at […]
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October 5th – Carriers and Hellcats!
Posted: Oct 05, 200905 October 1943 was a day of “Firsts” for the United States Navy. It was the first use of multiple carrier groups in battle with the use of three new […]
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VA Program "Welcome Home 2009" tomorrow at Patriots Point
Posted: Sep 29, 2009The Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center Welcome Home 2009 event for Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans will be held aboard the USS Yorktown at Patriots Point […]
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Laffey restoration update
Posted: Sep 23, 2009The “holy” hull plates are being removed and new plate placed on Laffey to restore her watertight integrity. See images below for a visual update on the Laffey’s restorations…
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Images of Laffey in drydock…
Posted: Sep 15, 2009Below are images of Laffey being worked on in drydock…see more on our Flickr site…
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Patriot Day – May We Never Forget!
Posted: Sep 11, 2009This morning at 8:46, the time of the first aircraft hitting the North Tower of the World Trade Center, a color guard of Mount Pleasant firemen and contingent of Moultie […]
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September Volunteer Profile – Larry Moran
Posted: Sep 10, 2009I first met volunteer Larry Moran in the fall of 1996 as he manned the information desk on the hangar deck of Yorktown. Larry was among the second wave of […]
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Return of the scout Topgunners!
Posted: Sep 08, 2009Every weekend during our aviation merit badge class, we have a portion dedicated to a little competitive spirit among the scouts in seeing if any have what it takes to […]