MODEL-CV-10 YORKTOWN

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USS YORKTOWN CV-10 IS AN ESSEX-CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIER OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY. THE CV-10 WAS INITIALLY NAMED AS BON HOMME RICHARD. ON SEPTEMBER 26, 1942, IT WAS RENAMED IN TRIBUTE TO USS YORKTOWN CV-5. T BECAME THE FOURTH US WARSHIP TO BEAR THE NAME OF A TOWN IN VIRGINIA. THE CV-10 WAS RECONSTRUCTED TO SCB-27A DESIGN BY THE PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD WHICH BEGAN IN MARCH 1951. IT WAS RECOMMISSIONED IN FEBRUARY 1953. THE CV-10 WAS RECLASSIFIED AS AN "ATTACK AIRCRAFT CARRIER" AND WAS REDESIGNATED CVA-10. THE CV-10 HAS A MODERNIZED FLIGHT DECK WITH AN ENCLOSED "HURRICANE" BOW. THE CV-10 WAS RECLASSIFIED AS AN "ANTISUMARINE WARFARE SUPPORT AIRCRAFT CARRIER" AND WAS REDESIGNATED AS CVS-10 ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1957. THE CV-10 WAS FORMALLY DEDICATED AS THE FIRST SHIP OF THE NAVAL AND MARITIME MUSEUM.