7 Jun 1942: Loss of USS Yorktown (CV 5) On 7 June 1942, just after dawn, USS Yorktown (CV 5) sank after being torpedoed the previous day by Japanese submarine I-168 during the Battle of Midway. Commissioned in 1937, she served in the Atlantic, and following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, was relocated to the Pacific to reinforce th...e Pacific Fleet and later participated in the Battle of the Coral Sea in early May. In this action, she was damaged by enemy bombs and her planes attacked two Japanese aircraft carriers, helping to sink Shoho and damage Shokaku. Yorktown's wreck was discovered and examined in May 1998 and was in surprisingly good condition after fifty-six years beneath more than three miles of sea water.
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