The fourth USS Yorktown (CV-10) (also CVS-10) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, now a museum ship in Charleston, South Carolina.
Yorktown (CV-10) earned 11 battle stars and the Presidential Unit Citation during World War II and five battle stars for Vietnam service.
During the first half of 1970, Yorktown operated out of Norfolk and began preparations for inactivation. On June 27 1970, Yorktown was decommissioned, and was berthed with the Philadelphia Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet. She remained there almost three years before her name was struck from the Navy List on June 1 1973. During 1974, the Navy Department approved the donation of Yorktown to the Patriot's Point Development Authority. She was towed from Bayonne, New Jersey to Charleston in June of 1975. She was formally dedicated as a memorial on the 200th anniversary of the Navy, October 13 1975.
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