File:USS Yorktown (CV-5) burning after first Japanese attack at Midway 1942.jpg

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Description Black smoke pours from the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5), at circa 1400 hrs on 4 June 1942, after she suffered hits from Japanese dive bombers during the Battle of Midway.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-32300 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
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current20:08, 26 January 2015Thumbnail for version as of 20:08, 26 January 20155,389 × 4,030 (4.67 MB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)this photo was an inverted version of File:Midwayschlacht Bild06.jpg. Replaced by similar photo.
18:41, 8 April 2012Thumbnail for version as of 18:41, 8 April 20122,119 × 1,594 (987 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=Black smoke pours from the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS ''Yorktown'' (CV-5), at circa 1400 hrs on 4 June 1942, after she suffered hits from Japanese dive bombers during the Battle of Midway. |Source=[...