Title: USS Yorktown, June, 1942 Description: USS Yorktown (CV-5), hit by three bombs on June 4, 1942, and two torpedoes two days later, lists dramatically to port before sinking at 0701 in 3,000 fathoms of water; oceanographer Robert D. Ballard located the wreck of the Yorktown three miles underwater on May 19, 1998; Date: June 7, 1942 Category: World War II Keywords: aircraft carriers, airplanes, aviation, carriers, Battle of Midway, June 4-7, 1942, bombs, Second World War, underwater wreckage, U.S. Navy, U.S. warships, World War II, WWII Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 1980 x 1014 (2.01 MPixels) (1.95) Print Size: 16.8 x 8.6 cm; 6.6 x 3.4 inches File Size: 5.75 MB (6,031,498 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000010639 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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