"USS Yorktown (CV-5) USS ""Yorktown"" (CV-5) was an aircraft carrier commissioned in the United States Navy from 1937 until she was sunk at the Battle of Midway in June 1942. She was named after the Battle of Yorktown in 1781 and the lead ship of the which was designed after lessons learned from operations with the large converted battlecruiser and the smaller purpose-built . She was sunk by Japanese submarine I-68 on 6 June 1942 during the Battle of Midway. ""Yorktown"" was laid down on 21 May 1934 at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.;"
"Battle of Midway. As attempts continued 6 June 1942, a Japanese submarine rocked ""Yorktown"" with torpedo hits and sank the destroyer which was secured alongside the carrier. The salvage party had to abandon ""Yorktown"" and surviving men were rescued from the sea, The carrier capsized and sank the morning of 7 June 1942. ""Gwin"" carried 102 survivors of the two ships to Pearl Harbor, arriving 10 June 1942. ""Gwin"" departed Pearl Harbor 15 July 1942 to operate in the screen of fast carriers who pounded Japanese installations, troop concentrations and supply dumps as Marines invaded Guadalcanal in the Solomons on"
"Japanese aircraft carrier Sōryū After a brief refit, ""Sōryū"" and three other carriers of the 1st Air Fleet (""Kidō Butai"") participated in the Battle of Midway in June 1942. After bombarding American forces on Midway Atoll, the carriers were attacked by aircraft from the island and the carriers , , and . Dive bombers from ""Yorktown"" crippled ""Sōryū"" and set her afire. Japanese destroyers rescued the survivors but the ship could not be salvaged and was ordered to be scuttled so as to allow her attendant destroyers to be released for further operations. She sank with the loss of 711"
"and , were sunk, along with the loss of hundreds of Japanese aircraft, losses that the Japanese would never be able to replace. The U.S. lost the aircraft carrier , along with a number of its carrier- and land-based aircraft that were either shot down by Japanese forces or bombed on the ground at the airfields. The Battle of Midway was, by most accounts, the beginning of the end of the Japanese Navy's control of the Pacific Ocean. Starting in July 1942, one of the Fulton-class submarine tenders was always stationed at the atoll to support submarines patrolling Japanese waters."
"1942 the ship participated in the Battle of Midway where she was damaged by air attacks. On 5 June, the day after the main Battle of Midway, ""Tanikaze"", was sent by Admiral Nagumo to ensure the last IJN aircraft carrier had actually sunk, to scuttle it if necessary, and collect any survivors. ""Tanikaze"" had the unfortunate luck of being seen by 61 US Dauntless dive bombers sent to destroy ""Hiryū"" if it was still afloat. After they were unable locate the aircraft carrier (it had sunk about an hour earlier), the dive bombers turned back to simultaneously attack the hapless"
"Lofton Henderson, who was the first Marine aviator to perish during the battle. An escort carrier, USS ""Midway"" (CVE-63) was commissioned on 17 August 1943. She was renamed ""St. Lo"" on 10 October 1944 to clear the name ""Midway"" for a large fleet aircraft carrier, , which was commissioned on 10 September 1945, eight days after the Japanese surrender, and is now docked in San Diego, California, as the USS Midway Museum. On 13 September 2000, Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt designated the lands and waters of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge as the Battle of Midway National Memorial."
"defeat, the ship was not immediately removed from the Navy's registry of ships, awaiting a ""suitable opportunity"" before finally being struck from the registry on 10 August 1942. Japanese aircraft carrier Sōryū After a brief refit, ""Sōryū"" and three other carriers of the 1st Air Fleet (""Kidō Butai"") participated in the Battle of Midway in June 1942. After bombarding American forces on Midway Atoll, the carriers were attacked by aircraft from the island and the carriers , , and . Dive bombers from ""Yorktown"" crippled ""Sōryū"" and set her afire. Japanese destroyers rescued the survivors but the ship could not"
"discoverer of the wrecks of the and the . The wreck of ""Yorktown"", beneath the surface, was sitting upright on the bottom in excellent condition although she had spent 56 years on the deep-sea floor; much paint and equipment were still visible. As of November 2017, there have not been any follow-up expeditions to the ""Yorktown""s wreckage. USS Yorktown (CV-5) USS ""Yorktown"" (CV-5) was an aircraft carrier commissioned in the United States Navy from 1937 until she was sunk at the Battle of Midway in June 1942. She was named after the Battle of Yorktown in 1781 and the lead"
"1942, Ensign Gaynier was not aboard USS Hornet (CV-8) when the ship left Pearl Harbor for the Battle of Midway with the rest of the squadron. Instead, he was in a detachment of six TBFs that flew to Midway Island on 1 June 1942. Led by Lieutenant Langdon K. Fieberling, the detachment participated in the uncoordinated attack by USN, USMC, and USAAF aircraft on the morning of 4 June against the Japanese Carrier Striking Force. Lacking fighter protection and overwhelmed by Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero interceptors, Ensign Gaynier and most of the detachment were shot down and killed. Only Ensign"
"USS Midway Museum The USS ""Midway"" Museum is a maritime museum located in downtown San Diego, California at Navy Pier. The museum consists of the aircraft carrier . The ship houses an extensive collection of aircraft, many of which were built in Southern California. USS ""Midway"" was the United States' longest-serving aircraft carrier of the 20th century, from 1945 to 1992. Approximately 200,000 sailors served aboard the carrier, known for several naval aviation breakthroughs as well as several humanitarian missions. It was the only carrier to serve the entire length of the Cold War and beyond. It is currently a"
"was ""sunk"" at Pearl Harbor. It is correct to say that American industrial might was a deciding factor in World War II, and Admiral Yamamoto knew that a prolonged war for Japan was a losing war. The Battle of Midway, together with the Guadalcanal campaign, marked the turning point in the Pacific. Between June 4–7, 1942, the United States Navy decisively defeated a Japanese naval force that had sought to lure the U.S. carrier fleet into a trap at Midway Atoll. The Japanese fleet lost four aircraft carriers to the U.S. Navy's one American carrier and a destroyer. After Midway,"
"Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū After a brief refit, ""Hiryū"" and three other fleet carriers of the First Air Fleet (""Kido Butai"") participated in the Battle of Midway in June 1942. After bombarding American forces on the atoll, the carriers were attacked by aircraft from Midway and the carriers , , and . Dive bombers from ""Yorktown"" and ""Enterprise"" crippled ""Hiryū"" and set her afire. She was scuttled the following day after it became clear that she could not be salvaged. The loss of ""Hiryū"" and three other IJN carriers at Midway was a crucial strategic defeat for Japan and contributed"
"for the decisive Battle of Midway. ""Vireo"" and ""Kaloli"" hove to in Midway harbor on 3 June, amidst preparations there for defense of the island. Soon after the two American ships arrived, they received orders to proceed to a point 30 miles off Pearl and Hermes Reef, where they were to await further orders. Underway by 1910, ""Vireo"" and the gasoline tanker soon arrived at their assigned stations and lay to. Air action the following day, 4 June 1942, was intense. Japanese carriers Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, and Hiryu were all crippled and sunk by American planes. However, American carrier became"
"a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber pilot with Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6) based on the aircraft carrier USS ""Enterprise"" (CV-6), Lieutenant Ware and his division of six SBDs attacked the carrier ""Kaga"" on 4 June 1942, one of four Japanese carriers sunk in the Battle of Midway. During their return to the ""Enterprise"" they successfully fought off attacks by Japanese fighters, but ran out of fuel and were forced to ditch in the vast Pacific. One crew was rescued and another crew was picked up by a Japanese destroyer and later executed when the enemy sailors learned of their fleet's"
"participate in virtually every major campaign of the long and bloody war. After months of developing and refining techniques for refueling at sea, a science then in its infancy, ""Guadalupe"" sailed from Pearl Harbor 2 June 1942 to refuel American ships participating in the momentous Battle of Midway,5 June 1942: 550 miles E of Midway. About 0400 (I), I-156 sights fleet oiler USS GUADALUPE (AO-32) escorted by two destroyers but fails to reach a favorable firing position. Except for I-168, I-156 is the only submarine that makes a contact with the Americans during the battle. the first naval defeat inflicted"
"4–7, 1942, the United States Navy decisively defeated a Japanese naval force that had sought to lure the U.S. carrier fleet into a trap at Midway Atoll. The Japanese fleet lost four aircraft carriers to the U.S. Navy's one American carrier and a destroyer. After Midway, and the exhausting attrition of the Solomon Islands campaign, Japan's shipbuilding and pilot training programs were unable to keep pace in replacing their losses while the U.S. steadily increased its output in both areas. Military historian John Keegan called the Battle of Midway ""the most stunning and decisive blow in the history of naval"
"torpedo bomber in 1942 was the Douglas TBD Devastator, first flown in 1935 and embarked on carriers of the Pacific Fleet in 1937. On 7 May 1942, Devastators sank the Japanese aircraft carrier ""Shōhō"" in the Battle of the Coral Sea, but failed to sink the aircraft carrier ""Shōkaku"" the next day. At the Battle of Midway on 4 June 1942, 41 Devastators launched from three American carriers failed to score a single torpedo hit, and only six aircraft returned. The rest fell to defending Mitsubishi A6M Zeros and anti-aircraft fire. The attacks had been poorly coordinated, but the Devastator"
"achievement as rear gunner in George Gay's torpedo plane during an attack against enemy Japanese forces in the Battle of Midway 4 June 1942. Flying without fighter support, Gay and Huntington pressed home their attack with utter disregard for their own personal safety, in the face of a tremendous antiaircraft barrage and overwhelming fighter opposition. Huntington was killed when his plane was shot down. However, Gay survived, becoming the sole member of the squadron to live through the battle. The USS ""Robert K. Huntington"" (DD-781), an ""Allen M. Sumner""-class destroyer, was named in his honor. Robert K. Huntington attended The"
"a remarkable 40 hours to participate in the momentous Battle of Midway. Departing Pearl Harbor on 18 May, ""Gudgeon"" took station off Midway Atoll as part of the submarine screen which encircled the two giant fleets clashing there. ""Gudgeon"" was prevented from offensive action by the confusion of battle, the possibility of mistaken identity, and poor staff work by Admiral Robert English, . She returned to Pearl Harbor on 14 June. Departing for her fourth patrol 11 July, ""Gudgeon"" sank the 4853-ton transport ""Naniwa Maru"" in a night submerged attack off Truk on 3 August, her only kill of the"
"Battle of Midway The Battle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II which occurred between 4 and 7 June 1942, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. The United States Navy under Admirals Chester Nimitz, Frank Jack Fletcher, and Raymond A. Spruance defeated an attacking fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy under Admirals Isoroku Yamamoto, Chūichi Nagumo, and Nobutake Kondō near Midway Atoll, inflicting devastating damage on the Japanese fleet that proved irreparable. Military historian John Keegan called it ""the"
"Battle of Midway The Battle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II which occurred between 4 and 7 June 1942, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. The United States Navy under Admirals Chester Nimitz, Frank Jack Fletcher, and Raymond A. Spruance defeated an attacking fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy under Admirals Isoroku Yamamoto, Chūichi Nagumo, and Nobutake Kondō near Midway Atoll, inflicting devastating damage on the Japanese fleet that proved irreparable. Military historian John Keegan called it ""the"
"(BuNo). Douglas SBD Dauntless The Douglas SBD Dauntless is a World War II American naval scout plane and dive bomber that was manufactured by Douglas Aircraft from 1940 through 1944. The SBD (""Scout Bomber Douglas"") was the United States Navy's main carrier-based scout/dive bomber from mid-1940 through mid-1944. The SBD was also flown by the United States Marine Corps, both from land air bases and aircraft carriers. The SBD is best remembered as the bomber that delivered the fatal blows to the Japanese carriers at the Battle of Midway in June 1942. The type earned its nickname ""Slow But Deadly"""
"a destroyer screen for ""Yorktown"" during the decisive Battle of Midway in early June. ""Hammann"" and ""Yorktown"" were the only American ships to be sunk during the battle. Captain Hoover took command of the ""St. Louis""-class light cruiser on September25, 1942. ""Helena"" took part in the battles of Cape Esperance and Guadalcanal. At Guadalcanal he made the decision to not search for survivors of the USS Juneau, thereby abandoning 140 survivors of which only ten survived. Hoover retired from the navy in 1947. In 1951 he returned to government service as a civilian official at the Atomic Energy Commission's (AEC)"
"a large number of Aichi D3As and both were sunk. On 9 April 1942 the Royal Navy aircraft carrier escorted by the destroyer were attacked by more than 32 Aichi D3As and both were sunk shortly before eight defending RN FAA Fairey Fulmars, of 806 Squadron, could reach them. The Fulmars shot down four D3As and damaged two while losing two Fulmars to the more numerous D3As. At the Battle of Midway on 4 June 1942, after most of the torpedo bombers had been shot down without a single hit, Dauntlesses from and found four Japanese carriers, in the vulnerable"
"1944, all of the surviving aircraft were transferred to the USAAF. At Midway Island, United States Marine Corps fighter squadron VMF-221 operated a mixed group of 20 Brewster F2A-3 Buffalos and seven Grumman F4F-3 Wildcats. They were originally assigned to the as part of a relief force bound for Wake Island, but were diverted to Midway instead after the force was controversially recalled on 22 December 1941. Wake Island fell on the following day. The squadron first saw action on 10 March 1942 when a Kawanishi H8K ""Emily"" flying boat was shot down by Captain James L. Neefus near Midway,"
"battle 4 June 1942. In 1944, the destroyer USS ""Hart"" (DD-594) was named in his honor. Patrick H. Hart Patrick Henry Hart (31 May 1915 - 4 June 1942) was a United States Navy officer and Naval Aviator who served in World War II. Hart was born 31 May 1915 in New York City and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1937. Hart served on board ""Colorado"" (BB-45) and ""West Virginia"" (BB-48) before becoming a naval aviator in 1940. Appointed Lieutenant in 1942, he was killed while a member of Torpedo Squadron 3 at the battle of Midway"
"Battle of Midway, the heavily damaged aircraft carrier was scuttled by ""Hagikaze""s two torpedoes, ""Kaga"" being fatally damaged by US aircraft from during the battle. On 7 August 1943, ""Hagikaze"" was sunk between Kolombangara and Vella Lavella () during the Battle of Vella Gulf, by torpedoes and gunfire from the US destroyers , , and , with 178 killed. Japanese destroyer Hagikaze Hagikaze was one of 19 s built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the 1930s. The ""Kagerō"" class was an enlarge and improved version of the preceding . Their crew numbered 240 officers and enlisted men. The ships"
"""Hornet"" was in service for a year and six days and was the last US fleet carrier ever sunk by enemy fire. For these actions, she was awarded four service stars, a citation for the Doolittle Raid in 1942, and her Torpedo Squadron 8 received a Presidential Unit Citation for extraordinary heroism for the Battle of Midway. Because of the cap on aggregate aircraft carrier tonnage included in the Washington Naval Treaty and subsequent London treaties, the United States had intended to build two ""Yorktowns"" and use up the remaining allocated tonnage with a smaller, revised version of the same"
"aircraft carriers. Two were sunk as a direct result of this duty by the same torpedo spreads that killed their carriers; ""Hammann"" escorting in the Battle of Midway and ""O'Brien"" escorting on 15 September 1942 (""O'Brien"" did not sink until 19 October). In the Atlantic, ""Wainwright"" escorted the ill-fated convoy PQ-17, and with ""Roe"" supported Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa. ""Buck"", damaged in a collision, missed Torch but was sunk by a U-boat off Salerno, Italy in 1943. The remainder of the class saw hard service in the Pacific. At the war's end in August 1945, three of"
"which the Imperial Japanese Navy lost all four of the aircraft carriers it had committed to the battle in a crushing defeat. On 4 June 1942, Roberts pressed home the attack on the Japanese aircraft carriers despite formidable opposition, contributing importantly to the success of the squadron and the entire task force, but did not return to ""Enterprise"". Presumed dead, he was declared missing in action on 5 June 1942. For his heroism at Midway, Ensign Roberts was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously. The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS ""John Q. Roberts"" (DE-235) was named for Ensign Roberts. She was"
"San Diego, California, and the only remaining U.S. aircraft carrier commissioned right after World War II ended that was not an . ""Midway"" was laid down 27 October 1943 by Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Virginia; launched 20 March 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Bradford William Ripley, Jr.; and commissioned on 10 September 1945 (eight days after the Surrender of Japan) with Captain Joseph F. Bolger in command. After shakedown in the Caribbean, ""Midway"" joined the U.S. Atlantic Fleet training schedule, with Norfolk as its homeport. From 20 February 1946, it was the flagship for Carrier Division 1. In March,"
"morning of 4 June 1942, when four Japanese carriers, unaware of the presence of U.S. naval forces, launched attacks on Midway Island. Shortly after the first bomb fell on Midway, the first wave of planes (4 B-26B Marauders, 6 TBF-1 Avengers,11 SB2U-3s, 16 SBDs and 15 B-17s) from Midway Island attacked, unsuccessfully. Several more groups attacked, again failing to damage their targets. Planes from the U.S. carriers attacked next. ""Enterprise"" torpedo bombers attacked first, scoring no hits and suffering heavy losses. Soon after, ""Enterprise"" dive bombers attacked and disabled the Japanese carriers and , leaving them ablaze. Within an hour,"
"Douglas SBD Dauntless The Douglas SBD Dauntless is a World War II American naval scout plane and dive bomber that was manufactured by Douglas Aircraft from 1940 through 1944. The SBD (""Scout Bomber Douglas"") was the United States Navy's main carrier-based scout/dive bomber from mid-1940 through mid-1944. The SBD was also flown by the United States Marine Corps, both from land air bases and aircraft carriers. The SBD is best remembered as the bomber that delivered the fatal blows to the Japanese carriers at the Battle of Midway in June 1942. The type earned its nickname ""Slow But Deadly"" (from"