I my comming seow carrier mission the historic raid was carried out by the Yorktown-class carrier Interprise CV-6.
There was made three Yorktown-class carriers:
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[li]USS Yorktown CV-5 (1934)
[/li][li]USS Enterprise CV-6 (1934)
[/li][li]USS Hornet CV-8 (1939)
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For some reason the Yorktown-class is missing in IL-2
Instead we got the Lexington-class
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[li]USS Lexington CV-2 (1927)
[/li][li]USS Saratoga CV-3 (1927)
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and the late Essex-class, comissioned in 1942 and forward.
Looking at pictures the Yorktown-class resembles the Essex-class.
But numbers states that Essex-class is wider and longer, just like the Yorktown-class is longer than the Lexington-class.
Any opinion is welcome