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USS Hammann (DD-412) sinking as seen from Yorktown


Background notes: USS Yorktown (CV-5)
Deutsch: Der Flugzeugträger USS Yorktown (CV-5), auch The Fighting Lady genannt, fuhr Einsätze während des Zweiten Weltkriegs und wurde besonders berühmt durch die Teilnahme an der Schlacht im Korallenmeer und der Schlacht um Midway im Pazifikkrieg.
日本語: ヨークタウン(USS Yorktown, CV-5)は、米海軍の航空母艦。ヨークタウン級航空母艦のネームシップ。


USS Yorktown (CV-5)

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Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives.

Caption: USS Hammann (DD-412) sinking with stern high, after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-168 during the Battle of Midway. Photographed from the starboard forecastle deck of USS Yorktown (CV-5) by Photographer 2nd Class William G. Roy. Angular structure in right foreground is the front of Yorktown's forward starboard 5-inch gun gallery. Note knotted lines hanging down from the carrier's flight deck, remaining from her initial abandonment on 4 June.

Source: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g30000/g32320t.jpg

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