Page 1 of 1
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 9:35 pm
by 71-1085092892
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!
Edited By GORDON on 1088124270
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 11:30 pm
by unkbill
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.???
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 11:42 pm
by unkbill
Read as much as you can but I believe no.
http://cv10.com/history.htm
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 9:36 am
by Paul
I'm crushing the fanboy!
I'm crushing the fanboy!
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 10:23 am
by thibodeaux
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.
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 10:27 am
by thibodeaux
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
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 10:54 am
by Paul
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 11:52 am
by mbilderback
That's great! We should all have a photoshop day with Gordo on the speeder!
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 12:14 pm
by DictionaryDave
Gordo , Do you know the "rules" of the road?
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 1:08 pm
by 71-1085092892
Holy crap, those are awesome. 
I feel a front page post coming. Let's have a couple more good ones.
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 1:09 pm
by 71-1085092892
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...
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 1:38 pm
by unkbill
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.
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 9:56 am
by Mommy Dearest
That was nice
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 2:25 pm
by DictionaryDave
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
