Naval Legends: USS Yorktown | World of Warships 

Dear History Channel, this is the kind of video we want to see on yur channel... not people selling scrap.

These documentaries are even better than the ones you see on History Channel. The epic music too..

My grandfather, Lieutenant Donald Billington, USN, helped manage the repair and turnaround of the original USS Yorktown damaged in the battle of the Coral Sea. Often overlooked is the role of project management in ship repair. With detailed reports of damage coming to Pearl Harbor prior to the Yorktown’s return, my grandfather was awake for two days before the Yorktown even came in to Pearl. He was awake for three more days as he managed his portion of the repair of the Yorktown. The story was told to my grandfather that he was sound asleep standing at a lifeline after being awake for five days and was walked back to the stateroom totally asleep - totally exhausted. The Yorktown’s aircraft helped make the Battle of Midway one of America’s most decisive military victories.

RIP uss Enterprise cv-6 u should do a video about the most decorated carrier of WWII

I’ve been on the USS Yorktown. It was an amazing experience.

Japan: *bombs pearl harbor* Germany: "why I hear boss music?"

My dad was LSO on Yorktown in the late 50's until about 61. I remember going to the docks in Alameda,Ca. to see him off and welcome him home from year long cruises. Tough times when your a 10 year old kid.

This video is incredible! Wargaming has managed to pack more information into fifteen minutes than most documentaries lasting an hour or more. Great job!

Thank you to all war survivors. Peace to the fallen.

What ship would you like to see a Naval Legends video on?

Man World War II was crazy. It was the pinnacle of modern Military power. No satellites No nuclear fire power. It was the time when naval, ground and air combat was at the highest strength. Every country pulled no stops and created amazing machines of war that were beautifully horrible. We will never see another war like this it all about Nukes and words now. Is that a bad thing well that's a matter of opinion.

I spent a weekend on the carrier with my Boy Scout troop around 1985. We had a blast, I'd love to go back, there were a lot of places we went that weren't lit that were off limits back then.

Japan: *sinks the first yorktown* phew, glad that that one ship we kept losing to is gone, sadly we lost 4 to 1, but thats okay America: *makes another yorktown* Japan: why do i hear boss music

Hiring a British guy to sing the glories of a vessel called the “Yorktown” is the biggest flex of all time

Yamato: *Exists* USS Yorktown:I'm about to end this man's carreer

While touring the Yorktown at Patriot's Point I saw a poster on a bulletin board about the Liberty ship John Brown informing of cruises it was having. I followed up and bought a ticket ($125)...I tried to get my father to go along because he served in Navy WW2 but he said was too old. Riding the John Brown out to sea was the best thing I've ever done! They had reenactors on board...including "Abbott & Costello" (did "Who's On First" skit)...mock attacks by WW2 airplanes...and an orchestra playing period music. Got to see the steam engine running too! Was worth every penny...wanna do it again! 🇺🇸😃👍

In a couple of shots, the ship in front of Yorktown is the destroyer Laffey

True story, one summer in the yards me and a guy named BTFN Humphrey crawled through and swept out the stacks from #2 Fireroom, number three boiler on the USS Lexington. I spent 5 years on that ship working in both forward firerooms. Over the five years, I managed to explore most areas of the ship including the magazines that were located under the forward elevator, most of the island structure, all of the engineering spaces and shaft alleys. Truly amazing time of my life. Those 8 boilers, learning to operate them has given me one hell of a career.

Of the 4 museum ships I've been to (Massachusetts, Intrepid, Yorktown, and North Carolina) Yorktown was by far the most impressive (to my recollection, as it's been a long time since I saw Intrepid). That thing was big enough that you could spend a whole day and then some exploring it alone, then there's the other ships and exhibits too. North Carolina had a certain artistically inspiring quality to her, and Massachusetts is the closest I could call a warship to home away from home for amount of time I've been visiting her. But Yorktown was like a floating city, and not in the sense that one speaks about battleships, I mean a whole new level of immense. I was in pain for 2 days after visiting her and probably walked the length of Manhattan total.

I’ve lived next to this ship my whole life and visited it countless times. Little fun fact I know about it. It was somewhat of a ghost ship to the Japanese. The original CV-5 was hit with a huge hole in the flight deck and was thought to be sunk. The ship was fixed in only a few days, which was a huge accomplishment. It was present and sank at the battle of midway confusing many Japanese sailors. One of the CV-10 Yorktown’s first assignments was to sail over the wreck of the original CV-5. It was spotted by Japanese scouts and imagine seeing the ship you supposedly sank twice right above its resting spot.

Brave Yorktown! You did all that was asked of you and more!

Why do you still not have a Naval Legends about CV-6, the most decorated US ship ever. The Big E deserves this guys! Honor her legacy!

My Dad served on the USS Yorktown CV10 during World War II. He was an Ordinance Engineer in charge of the bombs, torpedos, and sighting in the 50 Caliber Browning machine guns on the airplanes. He has passed on, but I have the yearbook from the Yorktown. It is called “Into the wind”. Dad said that this is because they launched the planes into the wind. He was talking about this when he passed on. I will never stop missing him.

The explanation of the carrier, armament, armor, planes and propulsion was exquisite.

I actually just visited Patriot’s Point a few days ago. It was absolutely incredible, I’d love to go there again.

Do the USS Laffey DD 724

i went to go visit yorktown in charleston a few days ago!!! can not forget the technology and size of instruments and mechanisms aboard the carrier. this was engineering at its finest at that time.

I worked on the USS Essex (LHD-2) a couple of years ago. I didn't know that there was an old Essex class of aircraft carriers back then. The name "Essex" has a lot of history behind it, incredible!

The narrator sounds like David Attenborough. "Here we see the Yamato, on a brave mission to reinforce key islands of the Imperial Japanese Navy. But, look, a predator has appeared!"

I've gone to see this monster in Charleston. It's just a shame how you can't freely roam to explore everything you'd like to on the ship. Some places are blocked for only certain tour groups. I didn't have much time to explore the topside either, but it's a marvelous work of engineering, and a helping force in our Pacific campaign.

I had the opportunity to visit the Yorktown at its home in Charleston, SC. It was well worth it. Anyone who watched this video should go there!

I stayed two nights on the Yorktown. I explored parts of the ship that tourists dont see. It was a very interesting experience.

Ahh... Yorktown, I miss this class. What a reliable Carrier

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I’ve visited Yorktown twice. Awesome experience!

I have to say this seems like a very good ad campaign. I wouldn't normally have considered signing up for World of Warships but this series has changed that. Good work!

I grew up in Mt.Pleasant and have crawled all through this ship. Make sure you have a backup flash light if you wanna go "off tour" hehe.

Japan "I bombed pearl harbor" Germany: "WHAT THE beep"

Yorktown is awesome. I was lucky enough to spend a weekend on board and slept in those beds when i was in boy scouts. that was a blast being to go all over the ship after hours when the tours were gone. i wont forget it

Love this, please do a series of these videos.

The fact that these videos are Russians, they know more than any of us does. Amazing work by a video game company.

Yamato: I am invincible Yorktown: hold my beer

Good thing to watch..... love the music......... please continue this series..........

During WW2, my grandfather was in the crows nest in the USS Yorktown. I hope to visit the ship sometime in the near future

i actually went on the yorktown :D it looked so cool and i also got on/in the destroyer and the submarine that were near by it was again cool and i'm not forgetting the Yorktown and the reason being she was one of our best aircraft carriers and i went on a field trip to/on her and i saw a f22 skyraider or skyrider (din't get a good look at the name) and i even got to see a few favorite planes of mine as well

Love the Essex class of carriers

Been there, it really is an awesome ship, but didn’t know it had this much history until I saw this!

Just love these series!

Please do one of these in the USE Enterprise CV6N. My Grandfather was a tailgunner in one of her Dauntless divebombers from 43-45.

The amount of history on 1 ship is amazing.

Awesome to see detail of the ship my father served on from 1954 to 1957.

This is a really good video about a ship I got to take a tour on while I was stationed down in Charleston, S.C. I wish I could have served on a carrier instead of a frigate while I was still in the Navy. I somehow doubt I would have even gotten seasick as much as I did. Thanks for the history lesson too!

15:45 Who snuck that in?

The surviving crew members of USS Enterprise will mount a naval assault on your area

Definitely my favorite museum that I’ve ever been fortunate enough to see was going to see the USS Yorktown. As well as the submarine that’s docked beside it (where a worker told me where the emergency sirens on the sub was and told us how to make it go off….should of seen ppl running when we hit it people thought we was either diving or being sunk hahaha) but I completely loved the tour and our tour guide was amazing my dad had just had one of his back surgeries and felt he slowed us down and explained to the tour guy he felt bad us kids at the time wouldn’t be able to see everything that was offered, and he said hang out here just a couple minutes and went and came back with tickets for us all to come back the next day and said “y’all take as much time as you need and come back tomorrow, the ship will be here and you can pick up where you left off at” it meant a lot to me and my cousins that went that someone would do that for us so we could get to see everything and not miss anything because I’ve always been a history nerd, my wife to this day calls me “her little nerd” lol but tell me all the time that I’m the one that will help our kids with history classes and homework when the time comes hahaha

I can’t think of any video game company doing such quality content. Especially not the amount either. Thank you!

The History Channel we see on cable TV seldom (emphasis) show such historic shows or footage. Instead, you get reality shows about junk dealers, ridiculous pawn shops or living in the wild with an axe and gun. The Essex carriers, built for WWII, were in a class by themselves. No other navy had an aircraft carrier even close to its size and displacement. While none of the air combat was ever simple, the Essex class carriers Gave the U.S. Navy and its aviators a clear advantage in terms of aircraft and defensive firepower. Our Navy’s experience led to later and even larger carriers in the decades following WWII, and we are stronger and safer because of it.

nimitz: i need this ship, idc if you make the runway is wood, yorktown will sail in 72 hour

I really love this type of Videos! Thx a lot and keep on.....

I would like to point out that USS Enterprize CV-6 was the pride of the US Navy as she held the line as most US Fleet Carriers were sunk or crippled she took hits but she never went down

The battleship could have been made more significant so long as the IJN decided to properly use them at Midway. Had the battleships been up front and the carriers were trailing behind it would have been a lot harder for the US planes to strike these additional targets. Some battleships could have shelled Midway and some push forward with destroyer escorts to pose a threat to Task Force 17 and 16.

I call her "Yamato Slayer"

That makes your videos better, is that music. I truly love it. I just keep on repaying it to hear it.🥰🥰 Thank you for your hard work 💜 for this documentary, and history of this ship I oncenever knew. Essex Class Aircraft Carrier, USS Yorktown CV-10

ik im late but i loved this carrier got to spend the night on it too thx WG for this naval legends

Looks like I'm taking a drive to South Carolina

Shit..i was stationed in South Carolina for 3 years and i had no idea that the carrier in Charleston was the Yorktown. If i knew that i would of went aboard to check it out.

Our ship (Lexington) used to go to send members of the crew to the Yorktown to recover parts, valves, pumps. On one visit a sailor was killed when an armored hatch fell on him. One of those tragic things that happen.

Thanks World Of Warships- old USNR vet.

I visited her, Laffey, and Clamagore at patriot's point.

Do the USS LAFFEY DD-724

While they were there, they should have done the USS Laffey. It's a destroyer that took a beating even battleships can't withstand and sailed hundreds of miles to safety still. Its right next to the Yorktown and is one of the most badass ships in my opinion.

The USS Yorktown CV-5 was one helluva tough ship! She took multiple beatings and kept coming back until she was finally lost at Midway... CV-10 definitely lived up to the legacy of Yorktown!

USS Midway please~

You guys are missing the USS Enterprise!

More more more love these documentaries

Loving these Vids.keep it up WG

What about the "Blue Ghost" Lexington carrier?

Yamato was truly a floating bunker

Just looking at the Yorktown can amaze you

Can't wait to go sleep on it in April, I've been on the ship twice and is going back third, so I know ship almost like the back of my hand and that still doesn't stop me from learning more.

World of waiting -,-

know her because of Azur Lane tho

I Luved The Exhibit At Patriots Point, Charleston, SC!

Unbelievable Yorktown Defeat Yamato! It seems i underestimate Yorktown.....i Love Battleship History Video, Thank you.

Why did they choose the Yorktown over her sister ship, Enterprise? I feel the Enterprise deserves more of a mention because of her battle record! Do the Lucky "E"!

Ok...so when you brought up Yorktown, you weren't going to talk about the Yorktown-class carrier....but to 'bump' the Essex-class. Talk about the Yorktown class next time, and I might watch.

I remember visiting the Yorktown at Patriots Points after a big Hurricane came in and messed some stuff up, but there stood the Yorktown with at most a few dents on its side

Great Video!

I'm here because of Azur Lane and because I play World of Warships

why cant you use metric system

Given that both Yorktown and Hornet of the Essex-class are museum-ships, I guess I can tell that the fighting spirit of Enty lives within them. Awesome music btw, easily one of the best in the Naval Legends.

I've been there so many times. I need to go again since my next ship in Space Engineers will be based off of the Yorktown.

they should have spared enterprise not yorktown

Can't they just use the metric system?!? How long is 872 feet?

Nicely done!

WOWS deserves to be famous.

As a local that lives where Yorktown is I feel marveled

USS Yorktown is probably the best museum I’ve ever been to

I went to SC for a vacation with my parents and sister back in 2011, I got to see this ship and I was ginning ear to ear because I’ve never been on a carrier before. Ironically, my pastor at my church served on that ship back in WWII and I got to see the plane he flew, the TBF Avenger, that’s day was the day I chose that I would join the navy and become a pilot. Still waiting for the chance for 2 more years, but I know what I want to do in the Navy

I watched this video before going on the USS Yorktown in Charleston SC