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Yorktown CV-5 Under Attack
A Japanese aerial torpedo slams against Yorktown CV-5's side, 4 June 1942.
Source: Navy Historical Center

A Japanese aerial torpedo slams against Yorktown CV-5's port side at the height of Hiryu's mid-afternoon attack, 4 June 1942. Anti-aircraft bursts blacken the sky around her. Yorktown was the only US carrier lost during the battle.


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