English: Insignia of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5), adopted during the later 1930s. Original description: "The U.S.S. Yorktown is represented by an American Eagle in full flight, with a thirty-two pounder cannonade in its claws - thus tying together the idea of modern flight and the ancient spirit and weapons which were so successful at the Battle of Yorktown."
Date
circa 1939
date QS:P571,+1939-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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