Though ultimately victorious, the Yorktown class suffered heavy losses in battle. When the war finally ended, the USS Enterprise (CV-6) would become the most decorated American ship of the war. The ...
its aircraft carriers — USS Lexington (CV-2), USS Saratoga (CV-3), and USS Enterprise (CV-6) — weren't in port, so the Japanese fleet couldn't find them, leaving them unscathed. Before that ...