USS Midway

USS Midway is a ship name of the American Navy , which has been given three times so far after the Midway Islands and after the Battle of Midway in World War II :

• USS Midway (AG-41) , an auxiliary ship , chartered in 1942, returned to the owner in 1946
• USS Midway (CVE-63) , an escort aircraft carrier , entered service in 1943, renamed St. Lo , sunk in the sea ​​and air battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944
• USS Midway (CV-41) , an aircraft carrier, lead ship of the Midway class , put into service in 1945, retired in 1992 as a museum ship in since 2004. San Diego to visit