What is Yorktown class aircraft carrier?
[[File:Overhead view of USS Yorktown (CV-5) in the Caribbean Sea on 17 January 1938.jpg|thumb|336x336px|USS Yorktown, overhead view]] The Yorktown class was a class of 3 american [[Aircraft carrier|aircraft carriers]] built for the [[United States Navy|US Navy]]. They were USS [[USS Yorktown|Yorktown]], USS [[USS Enterprise (CV-6)|Enterprise]], and USS [[USS Hornet|Hornet]]. The first ship was commissioned in 1937 and the last ship was commissioned in 1942. They saw service during [[World War II|World War 2]] at the Battles of [[Battle of Coral Sea|Coral Sea]], [[Battle of Midway|Midway]], [[Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands|Santa Cruz]], [[Battle of the Philippine Sea|Philippine Sea]], and [[Battle of Leyte Gulf|Leyte Gulf]],<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2021-07-18|title=USS Enterprise (CV-6)|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_Enterprise_(CV-6)&oldid=1034268316|journal=Wikipedia|language=en}}</ref> among others. 2, USS Yorktown and Hornet, were sunk. == Design == [[File:Islands of US Navy carriers at Norfolk in 1985.JPEG|thumb|The island is the top part of the carrier, usually the command center]] [[File:USS Lexington (CV-2) launching Martin T4M torpedo planes, in 1931 (NH 82117).jpg|thumb|USS Lexington]] The Yorktown class were designed from the [[Lexington class aircraft carrier|Lexington class]] aircraft carriers, which were built before the Yorktown class. Under the [[:en:Washington_Naval_Treaty|Washington Naval Treaty]], naval size was greatly limited. This led to the scrapping of many ships. Some ships that were not completed yet were changed into aircraft carriers, and these included the Lexington class. The Yorktown class was built from the start as a carrier, which had some good sides. Early designs called for no island. However, the drawbacks from having no island were known, and the designs were switched.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2021-06-14|title=Yorktown-class aircraft carrier|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yorktown-class_aircraft_carrier&oldid=1028561533|journal=Wiki