The most successful American submarine of World War II was the USS Tang ... The I-168 had a brief service, but it managed to sink the USS Yorktown and the destroyer USS Hammann during the battle.

The "Fighting Lady" played a key role in the World War II Pacific offensive that ended with the defeat of Japan in 1945. The USS Yorktown also recovered the Apollo 8 astronauts and capsule in ...

As announced 56 years to the day of the June 4, 1942 battle which led to its demise, USS Yorktown was ... the lost ships of the WWII Battle of Midway (see map). Yorktown was built by Newport ...