Now came the critical moment of the battle. When dispatching his strike against Midway, Nagumo had ordered a second strike ... at 15:30 Enterprise launched fourteen of her own and ten of Yorktown s ...

The American carrier Lexington was sunk, and the Yorktown was severely damaged ... in numbers unmatched by the Japanese. During the Battle of Midway itself, Japanese Admiral Chuichi Nagumo ...

U.S. Yorktown Class Arguably the most successful class of warship ... Rushing to Pearl Harbor, she was partially repaired in order to get her into action in time for the Battle of Midway . At Midway ...

This week the outcome of the new battle of Yorktown was still in doubt. The Park Service hoped that Hansen would come around; if he did not, he could be sued for contract violation. Hansen ...

joined by a repaired Yorktown later. The three carriers and their escorts clashed with Japanese forces at the Battle of Midway from June 3 to 6 and sunk four Japanese carriers. This battle proved ...

Many pivotal developments in the course of history did not start in palace halls or parliaments, but rather on battlefields where soldiers and warriors faced deadly opposition and risked their lives ...

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.

Just a year later,... Here’s What You Need to Remember: While Japanese defenders concentrated their energies down low, Enterprise and then Yorktown dive-bombers arrived overhead. They pounced on ...