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USS Yorktown Web Search

Directions:  Read the questions below.  Click on the blue 'link word' in the question.  The 'link word' will take you to a web site where you can find the answer to the question.

1.    In what port town was the original Yorktown built?
2.    What type of ship is the Yorktown: battleship, PT Boat, aircraft carrier, or destroyer?
3.    What is the nickname of the Yorktown?
4.    What famous ‘First Lady’ sponsored the Yorktown?
5.    Planes launched from the deck of the Yorktown helped sink the largest battleship ever built.
       What was the name of that Japanese battleship?
6.    In what battle and on what date did the first Yorktown sink?
7.    During the Vietnam War, what type of carrier was the Yorktown?
8.    In 1968, what famous capsule did the Yorktown pickup?
9.    In what year was the Yorktown decommissioned?
10.    In what harbor will you find the Yorktown dry docked?