Honors and Rediscovery
Yorktown (CV-5) earned three battle stars for her World War II service, two of them for the significant part she had played in stopping Japanese expansion and turning the tide of the war at Coral Sea and at Midway.
On 19 May 1998, the wreck of Yorktown was found and photographed by renowned oceanographer Dr. Robert D. Ballard, discoverer of the wrecks of the RMS Titanic and the German battleship Bismarck. The remains of the Yorktown, 3 miles (5 km) beneath the surface, were surprisingly intact after having been on the sea bottom since 1942; much paint and equipment were still visible.
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