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Battleship USS South Dakota departing Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States for shakedown exercises, 4 Jun 1942. Note the OS2U Kingfisher aircraft from Observation Squadron VO-6 on the fantail.	Bomb fragment damage in Yorktown's hangar, 4 Jun 1942	Catwalk on the port side of Yorktown bent as a result of torpedo damage, 4 Jun 1942	Corpsmen treating casualties aboard Yorktown, 4 Jun 1942

Crew of USS Yorktown fighting a fire during the Battle of Midway, 4 Jun 1942	Crew of Yorktown prepared to abandon ship, 4 Jun 1942	Crew of Yorktown struggled to maintain balance as the ship listed, 4 Jun 1942	Cruiser Vincennes and a destroyer guarded Yorktown as the carrier was being abandoned, 4 Jun 1942

Destroyer Balch guarded Yorktown as the carrier was being abandoned, 4 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2	Destroyer Balch guarded Yorktown as the carrier was being abandoned, 4 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2	Destroyer Benham with 720 survivors of Yorktown on board, at 1900 on 4 Jun 1942; Yorktown in the distance	Destroyers Benham, Russell, Balch, and Anderson stood by as Yorktown was abandoned, afternoon of 4 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2

Destroyers Benham, Russell, Balch, and Anderson stood by as Yorktown was abandoned, afternoon of 4 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2	Diorama by Norman Bel Geddes of Kaga, Akagi, and Soryu under attack at Midway	Enterprise and Northampton underway during Battle of Midway, 4 Jun 1942. Photo taken from USS Pensacola.	Enterprise VB-6 SBD, with pilot Ensign George Goldsmith and Radioman 1st Class James Patterson, Jr. still onboard, on the flight deck of Yorktown due to fuel exhaustion, 4 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2

Enterprise VB-6 SBD, with pilot Ensign George Goldsmith and Radioman 1st Class James Patterson, Jr. still onboard, on the flight deck of Yorktown due to fuel exhaustion, 4 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2	F4F-4 Wildcat fighters and SBD Dauntless dive bombers being prepared to launch from the flight deck of USS Hornet, off Midway, 4 Jun 1942	Firefighters in Yorktown's hangar, just after noon, 4 Jun 1942	Fletcher in a whaleboat waiting to board cruiser Astoria after his flagship Yorktown had been disabled, 1300, 4 Jun 1942