Yorktown (Yorktown-class) Photographs

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US Navy Ensign Leif Larsenand rear gunner Radioman John F. Gardener in a SBD-3 Dauntles aircraft aboard USS Yorktown in the later afternoon of 4 Jun 1942	USS Astoria passing by USS Yorktown (foreground), 4 Jun 1942	USS Yorktown underway between 0630 and 0730 hours on 4 Jun 1942; note SBD aircraft next to and forward of the island and TBD-1 aircraft to the aft	View toward port side from Yorktown during Battle of Midway, mid-afternoon of 4 Jun 1942

Yorktown burning after hit by three Japanese bombs, 4 Jun 1942	Yorktown burning and listing, afternoon of 4 Jun 1942, before the ship was abandoned	Yorktown dead in the water, about 1300, 4 Jun 1942	Yorktown dead in the water, escorted by destroyer Russell, 1330, 4 Jun 1942; two SBD-3 scout bombers flew overhead

Yorktown listing heavily after abandonment, 4 Jun 1942	Yorktown listing to port after receiving the second torpedo hit, 4 Jun 1942	Yorktown stopped after receiving bombs, seen from cruiser Astoria, just after 1200, 4 Jun 1942	Yorktown stopped and burning, just after 1200, 4 Jun 1942

Yorktown under attack by dive bombers, seen from cruiser Portland, 4 Jun 1942	Yorktown's crew attempted to repair the bomb hole on the flight deck, 4 Jun 1942	Yorktown's hangar deck just after fire was extinguished, 4 Jun 1942; note the TBD-1 torpedo bomber hanging overhead	Crew of Yorktown prepared to jettison a TBD-1 Devastator bomber, 6 Jun 1942

Destroyer USS Hammann sinking, 6 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2, seen from USS Yorktown	Destroyer USS Hammann sinking, 6 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2, seen from USS Yorktown	Yorktown sinking, showing starboard bilge above the water, 7 Jun 1942