Photo #: NH 106002
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
starboard forward five-inch gun gallery at the right. Her bow
is off-camera, further to the right. The large hole, made by
one or two submarine torpedoes and severing the ship's forward
bilge keel, is in the left center. Note the strip of debris sticking
up from the hole's lower rear.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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