Life and Death of the Yorktown

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Crewmen work to repair the 12-foot hole caused by a 250 kilogram bomb that hit the flight deck. The explosion killed and wounded many men, but the flight deck was quickly repaired with timbers and steel plating, and flight-deck activities resumed.

Battle of Midway: Story of a Yorktown Survivor - Warfare History Network

Medical corpsmen treat casualties (right) on board Yorktown, after the carrier’s flight deck had been hit by a Japanese bomb. The dead and wounded were members of the crew of 1.1” machine gun mount # 4 visible, in the centre background.

Battle of Midway: Story of a Yorktown Survivor - Warfare History Network

As Yorktown’s list increases, sailors and air crewmen prepare to abandon ship. 

Battle of Midway: Story of a Yorktown Survivor - Warfare History Network