Cause we're talkin' bout the road...

71-1085092892 · Post by **71-1085092892** » Sat Jun 12, 2004 9:35 pm

From here.

Ok, but wasn't the Yorktown sunk in the Pacific during WW2? I thought she got crippled at... Midway, I think... then the Navy boys reboarded and kept her afloat, but then she got torpedoed while being towed to Pearl. Am I thinking of another ship?

I suppose I could look it up, but I know y'all are bored. Project!

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unkbill · Post by **unkbill** » Sat Jun 12, 2004 11:30 pm

Get that scanner fixed because actually my dad was a handsome fellow. My wife said if she had a choice and we were the same age she would pick grandpa. He was a colorful person. My American Legion sent him out with honor. There weren't that many vets walking the cemearys as at dads grave.
Old saying, If I turn out to be half the man my dad was I will be happy. But the way I look at it, it is a big mountain to climb.???

unkbill · Post by **unkbill** » Sat Jun 12, 2004 11:42 pm

Read as much as you can but I believe no.

http://cv10.com/history.htm

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 9:36 am

I'm crushing the fanboy!
I'm crushing the fanboy!

Post by **thibodeaux** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 10:23 am

The Yorktown (CV-5) was indeed sunk at Midway in June of 1942. The one in Charleston is CV-10, and as Unk's link shows, it was going to be called something else, but they re-named it Yorktown in September of '42.

Something similar happened to me when we were in Corpus Christi, Texas. They have the Lexington. I thought, "Hey, cool! That's one of the ships Robert Heinlein served on." But no. He was on CV-2, which was sunk in the Coral Sea, and the one in Texas is CV-16.

BTW, Heinlein was invalided out of the Navy in the late '30s, so he wasn't on the ship when it sank.

Post by **thibodeaux** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 10:27 am

FYI, here's the Navy's summary page for the histories of the Carriers:
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/ships/carriers/cv-list1.html

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 10:54 am

mbilderback · Post by **mbilderback** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 11:52 am

That's great! We should all have a photoshop day with Gordo on the speeder!

DictionaryDave · Post by **DictionaryDave** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 12:14 pm

Gordo , Do you know the "rules" of the road?

71-1085092892 · Post by **71-1085092892** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 1:08 pm

Holy crap, those are awesome.

I feel a front page post coming. Let's have a couple more good ones.

71-1085092892 · Post by **71-1085092892** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 1:09 pm

thibodeaux wrote:The Yorktown (CV-5) was indeed sunk at Midway in June of 1942. The one in Charleston is CV-10, and as Unk's link shows, it was going to be called something else, but they re-named it Yorktown in September of '42.

I had a feeling it might be something like that, but I just thought they waited a little while before giving another vessel the same name. Double dumbass on me...

unkbill · Post by **unkbill** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 1:38 pm

GORDON wrote:
thibodeaux wrote:The Yorktown (CV-5) was indeed sunk at Midway in June of 1942. The one in Charleston is CV-10, and as Unk's link shows, it was going to be called something else, but they re-named it Yorktown in September of '42.

I had a feeling it might be something like that, but I just thought they waited a little while before giving another vessel the same name. Double dumbass on me...

Look how quick they got the crew back in a new Enterprise after she was destroyed. HEH.

Mommy Dearest · Post by **Mommy Dearest** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 9:56 am

That was nice

DictionaryDave · Post by **DictionaryDave** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 2:25 pm

unkbill wrote:
GORDON wrote:
thibodeaux wrote:The Yorktown (CV-5) was indeed sunk at Midway in June of 1942. The one in Charleston is CV-10, and as Unk's link shows, it was going to be called something else, but they re-named it Yorktown in September of '42.

I had a feeling it might be something like that, but I just thought they waited a little while before giving another vessel the same name. Double dumbass on me...

Look how quick they got the crew back in a new Enterprise after she was destroyed. HEH.

Funny