USS Yorktown may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy: USS Yorktown, a 16-gun sloop-of-war commissioned in 1840 USS Yorktown, the lead Yorktown-class gunboat commissioned in 1889 USS Yorktown, the lead Yorktown-class aircraft carrier commissioned in 1937 USS Yorktown, an Essex-class aircraft carrier commissioned in 1943 USS Yorktown, a Ticonderoga-class cruiser commissioned in 1984 Wikipedia