Photo #: NH 106001
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, exposing the turn of her starboard
bilge.
This view looks toward the ship's bottom, with Yorktown's
bow off camera to the right. The large hole made by one or two
submarine torpedoes is in the center of the photo, severing the
ship's forward bilge keel. Note the strip of debris sticking
up from the hole's lower rear.
The stern of one of the ship's accompanying destroyers is in
the extreme right distance.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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