Keywords: USS Yorktown hit-740px.jpg USS Yorktown CV-5 is hit on the port side amidships by a Japanese Type 91 aerial torpedo during the mid-afternoon attack by planes from the carrier Hiryu in the Battle of Midway on 4 June 1942 Yorktown is heeling to port and is seen at a different aspect than in other views taken by USS Pensacola CA-24 indicating that this is the second of the two torpedo hits she received Note very heavy anti-aircraft fire 1942-06-04 USN photographed from USS Pensacola CA-24 Official U S Navy Photograph http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/wars-and-events/world-war-ii/midway/80-G-414423 html 80-G-414423 U S National Archives PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Yorktown CV-5 Battle of Midway US forces |