Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A deep-sea expedition has captured the first detailed view of the aircraft carrier Yorktown, which sank in 1942 during the Battle ...

When the USS Yorktown returned to Pearl Harbor after the Battle of Coral Sea on May 27, 1942, the Newport News-built aircraft carrier needed by some estimates at least three months’ worth of repairs.

YORKTOWN (AP) -- Archaeologists dived to a shipwreck Wednesday that they suspect dates to the Siege of Yorktown, the decisive Virginia battle that led to America's independence. Working in 16-20 feet ...

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YORKTOWN, Va. (WCSC) - American and French forces began the siege of Yorktown, Virginia, during the Revolutionary War on Sept. 28, 1781. Land and sea forces entrapped a major British army on a ...

Embark on a suspenseful journey into the skies of World War II with "Japanese Pilot's Last Charge: A Deadly Aerial Battle for USS Yorktown." This video delves into the harrowing tale of a courageous ...

Aircraft carriers have been central to the U.S. Navy, and over the years they have only increased in importance since their introduction in World War 2 The Yorktown, Essex, and Midway classes would ...

Restaurant owner Glenn Helseth and his wife have operated the Carrot Tree Kitchens Restaurant in Yorktown, Virginia, for more than a decade. Since the National Park Service owns the building in which ...

(Note: We listened to so much "Hamilton" on spring break that by the eight-hour drive home, I was ready to switch it out for Kidz Bop.) Alexander Hamilton led an attack during the Battle of Yorktown.

It didn’t take long for the USS Yorktown’s short naval career to heat up. Though completed in peacetime and commissioned in the fall of 1937, it was born at a time when the Navy was still getting ...

After learning crews from the AMC Revolutionary War television show “TURN” would be filming in front of her house in Yorktown, Teri Hodson thought she’d make a treat for the actors and crew who passed ...