Image:Sinking of the USS Yorktown (CV-5) 01.jpg

• Description: The USS Yorktown (CV5) in the Battle of Midway, June 6, 1942. The 19,900-ton USS Yorktown (CV5) tilts heavily to the port side after attack by Japanese bombers and torpedo planes in the battle of Midway, June 4, 1942. The aircraft was struck by two torpedoes launched by an enemy submarine on June 6. When the flooding was stoped by her crew, the ship was listing 26 degrees to the ship's starbord side. The Yorktown was towed back to Pearl Harbor for repairs. The repairs were estimated to take 3 months, but Admiral Nimitz, who was in the hospital at the time, told the crew making repairs to have the ship ready for battle in 3 days. After 3 days time the Yorktown was ready to go to sea again. The Yorktown carried approximately 80 planes and had a complement of some 2,000 men. American losses included the destroyer USS Hammann, torpedoed while escorting the Yorktown and a total of 92 officers and 216 men during the entire battle of Midway. Japanese losses included four carriers and two heavy cruisers definitely sunk and numerous other vessels sunk or damaged. A destroyer (on the right) was taken almost dead astern of the Yorktown.
• Source: - National Park Service - (National Archives, US Navy 80-G-17061)
• Post-Work: User:W.wolny
• Licence: Public Domain

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