DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 106010
Battle of Midway, June 1942
USS Yorktown (CV-5) sinking, just after dawn on 7 June
1942, as seen from an accompanying destroyer.
The ship has capsized to port and is settling rapidly by the
stern.
This view looks over the ship's upper starboard structure, with
her forefoot and front edge of the flight deck in the left center.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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