Photo #: NH 95576
Battle of Midway, June 1942
USS Yorktown (CV-5) capsized and sinking, just after dawn
on 7 June 1942, as seen from an accompanying destroyer.
The ship has rolled over to port, exposing the turn of her starboard
bilge, with a large torpedo hole amidships severing the forward
bilge keel. Yorktown's forefoot is in the center foreground.
The forward starboard corner of her flight deck is near the sea
surface at extreme right, with the bow Landing Signal Officer
platform extending upward from it.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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