Walking Through History: Inside Charleston’s WWII Aircraft Carrier- The USS Yorktown [CV-10]

The USS Yorktown (CV-10) is an aircraft carrier located in Charleston Harbor, at Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum in Mount Pleasant, SC. The Yorktown (a.k.a. The Fighting Lady) is an Essex Class carrier commissioned in 1943 and fought during World War 2. There were several clips used in this video from: Hillsdale College Online Courses The Second World Wars with Victor Davis Hanson Hillsdale College offers this as a free online course (and several other great courses); you can register for the course here: https://online.hillsdale.edu/landing/... Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum is a must-see if you’re visiting the Charleston area! https://www.patriotspoint.org/ The use of the “Return of the Fighting Lady” clips were by permission of USS Yorktown CV10 Association https://www.ussyorktown.org Patriots Point doesn’t own the rights to the video, but it does show it on its YouTube channel. Mark Garrison- REALTOR® AgentOwned Realty Preferred Group [email protected] 843-769-1836 You can view all of my videos about Charleston at: https://GarrisonCharleston.com/videos I may make video tours of other locations near Charleston in the future; please leave a comment with any suggestions. Intro- 0:00 1941-1943 Pre-war Carriers 4:02 Museum Ships- Aircraft Carriers 7:44 The USS Yorktown (CV-10) Enters the War 9:23 Tour of the Ship 10:24 First Combat Mission- Marcus Island 16:03 Air Groups Scorecards 17:21 Kwajalein 17:54 Truk 19:25 Gregory “Pappy” Boyington 19:50 Battle of the Philippine Sea & Marianas Turkey Shoot 21:05 After the Battle of the Philippine Sea 24:35 Leyte Gulf & Invasion of the Philippines 25:25 Island Hopping and Air Raids 27:11 Yorktown is Bombed 27:37 USS Franklin 28:04 Okinawa 29:09 Yamato is Sunk 30:29 Air Group 88- Last days of the War 31:22 Japan Surrenders 32:31 The War is Over 34:13 Yorktown Receives Renovations- Korean War 35:19 Vietnam War 35:55 Tora! Tora! Tora! Filming Location 36:31 Apollo 8 36:57 Conclusion- The Yorktown is decommissioned 39:20