2026 SESSION
ENROLLED
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 204
Commending United States Navy ships named USS Yorktown.
Agreed to by the Senate, March 10, 2026
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, March 12, 2026
WHEREAS, the name USS Yorktown holds deep historical significance for the United States, paying tribute to the Continental Army's decisive victory over the British at the Siege of Yorktown in 1781; and
WHEREAS, the name USS Yorktown represents courage, sacrifice, and triumph, and several ships have proudly borne this name, with each contributing to pivotal moments in American naval history; and
WHEREAS, the first USS Yorktown was a 16-gun sloop-of-war launched in 1839, which patrolled the Pacific Ocean to safeguard maritime commerce and subsequently patrolled the coasts of Africa in an effort to curtail the slave trade; and
WHEREAS, the USS Yorktown (PG-1), a steel-hulled twin screw gunboat commissioned in 1889, was part of a program to modernize the United States Navy in the late 19th century and took part in actions during the Philippine-American War and the Boxer Rebellion; and
WHEREAS, the USS Yorktown (CV-5), an aircraft carrier commissioned in 1937, played a vital role in the early stages of World War II and its crew fought valiantly at the Battle of Midway before its loss in 1942; and