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Photo #: NH 95574

Battle of Midway, June 1942


USS Benham (DD-397), with 720 survivors of USS Yorktown on board, closes USS Portland (CA-33) at about 1900 hrs, 4 June 1942. A report of unidentified aircraft caused Benham to break away before transferring any of the survivors to the cruiser and they remained on board her until the following morning.
Note Benham's oil-stained sides. The abandoned Yorktown is in the right distance.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Image posted 18 March 1999
Coding updated 15 January 2002