115 items in this album on 6 pages.

Burning oil tank, Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 4 Jun 1942Burning seaplane hangar, Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 4 Jun 1942Burning ship and oil storage at Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska, 4 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2Burning ship and oil storage at Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska, 4 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2
Burning oil tank, Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 4 Jun 1942Burning seaplane hangar, Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 4 Jun 1942Burning ship and oil storage at Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska, 4 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2Burning ship and oil storage at Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska, 4 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2
Catwalk on the port side of Yorktown bent as a result of torpedo damage, 4 Jun 1942Corpsmen treating casualties aboard Yorktown, 4 Jun 1942Crew of USS Yorktown fighting a fire during the Battle of Midway, 4 Jun 1942Crew of Yorktown prepared to abandon ship, 4 Jun 1942
Catwalk on the port side of Yorktown bent as a result of torpedo damage, 4 Jun 1942Corpsmen treating casualties aboard Yorktown, 4 Jun 1942Crew of USS Yorktown fighting a fire during the Battle of Midway, 4 Jun 1942Crew of Yorktown prepared to abandon ship, 4 Jun 1942
Crew of Yorktown struggled to maintain balance as the ship listed, 4 Jun 1942Cruiser Vincennes and a destroyer guarded Yorktown as the carrier was being abandoned, 4 Jun 1942D3A1 carrier dive bomber in flight over Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 4 Jun 1942Destroyer Balch guarded Yorktown as the carrier was being abandoned, 4 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2
Crew of Yorktown struggled to maintain balance as the ship listed, 4 Jun 1942Cruiser Vincennes and a destroyer guarded Yorktown as the carrier was being abandoned, 4 Jun 1942D3A1 carrier dive bomber in flight over Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 4 Jun 1942Destroyer 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 2Destroyer Benham with 720 survivors of Yorktown on board, at 1900 on 4 Jun 1942; Yorktown in the distanceDestroyers Benham, Russell, Balch, and Anderson stood by as Yorktown was abandoned, afternoon of 4 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2Destroyers Benham, Russell, Balch, and Anderson stood by as Yorktown was abandoned, afternoon of 4 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2
Destroyer Balch guarded Yorktown as the carrier was being abandoned, 4 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2Destroyer Benham with 720 survivors of Yorktown on board, at 1900 on 4 Jun 1942; Yorktown in the distanceDestroyers Benham, Russell, Balch, and Anderson stood by as Yorktown was abandoned, afternoon of 4 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2Destroyers 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 MidwayEastern Island of Midway Atoll under attack, 4 Jun 1942Enterprise 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
Diorama by Norman Bel Geddes of Kaga, Akagi, and Soryu under attack at MidwayEastern Island of Midway Atoll under attack, 4 Jun 1942Enterprise 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

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