File:USS Yorktown (CV-5) sinking, 7 June 1942.jpg

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Description Battle of Midway, June 1942: USS Yorktown (CV-5) sinking, just after dawn on 7 June 1942, as seen from an accompanying destroyer. The ship has capsized to port, exposing the turn of her starboard bilge, with a large torpedo hole amidships severing the forward bilge keel. Yorktown's forefoot is at the extreme right. Her starboard forward 5-inch gun gallery can be seen further up her hull, with two 5"/38 gun barrels sticking out over its edge. The two larger thin objects sticking up, just aft of the 5-inch guns, are aircraft parking outriggers. When the ship's wreck was examined in May 1998, both guns were still in position, but the outriggers were gone.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo NH-95575 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author US Navy

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current21:53, 26 January 2015Thumbnail for version as of 21:53, 26 January 20152,816 × 2,107 (2.82 MB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)new NHHC photo
12:31, 1 November 2007Thumbnail for version as of 12:31, 1 November 2007740 × 582 (104 KB)Felix Stember (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=Battle of Midway, June 1942: USS Yorktown (CV-5) sinking, just after dawn on 7 June 1942, as seen from an accompanying destroyer. The ship has capsized to port, exposing the turn of her starboard bilge, with a large torpedo hole

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