As announced 56 years to the day of the June 4, 1942 battle which led to its demise, USS Yorktown was recently discovered, more than three miles under the sea, off the island of Midway in the ...

The Battle of Midway was one of the most important Pacific ... aircraft that would have been lost after the sinking of the ...

Seventy-five years ago (June 4-7, 1942), the astonishing American victory at the Battle ... the Yorktown was severely damaged. The result of such incredible adaptability was that at Midway the ...

U.S. Yorktown Class ... and then fought in the Battle of the Coral Sea , where she was severely damaged. Rushing to Pearl Harbor, she was partially repaired in order to get her into action in time for ...

The Battle of Midway is one of the best-known conflicts ... The I-168 had a brief service, but it managed to sink the USS Yorktown and the destroyer USS Hammann during the battle.