Star Trek's iconic ships & locations act as characters in the show's rich lore, like the U.S.S. Yorktown. The U.S.S. Yorktown was originally planned as the starship name before the Enterprise stole ...

The USS Yorktown earned 11 battle stars and a Presidential Unit Citation, was used during the Pacific Offensive in World War II, the Vietnam War and to recover the Apollo 8 astronauts and space ...