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80-G-32301 Battle of Midway, June 1942

Photo #: 80-G-32301 Battle of Midway, June 1942
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Title: Battle of Midway, June 1942
Description: USS Yorktown (CV-5) dead in the water after being hit by Japanese bombs on 4 June 1942. The ship was hit shortly after noon. This view was taken about an hour later, with fires still burning in her uptakes but other immediate repairs well advanced. F4F-4 fighters that had been parked at the forward end of the flight deck during the attack have been respotted aft, in take off position. Two SBD-3 scout bombers can be seen through the open sides of her after hangar bay. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-32301
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