Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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Starboard side guns of Yorktown ready to fire, 4 Jun 1942; note the smoke rising from the carrier; cruiser Astoria in background	TBD-1 Devastator torpedo bomber of Yorktown's Torpedo Squadron 3 in flight during Battle of Midway with a Mk XIII torpedo underneath, 0840 on 4 Jun 1942

TBD-1 of Torpedo Squadron Six prepared to launch from Enterprise for Midway battle, 0730-0740 on 4 Jun 1942; Pensacola in right background	The USS Yorktown (Yorktown-class) listing 20-degrees from damage off Midway, 4 Jun 1942. Yorktown had already been abandoned with survivors picked up by USS Hammann (right) and other escorts.

Two B5N Type 97 torpedo bombers flew by carrier Yorktown and destroyer Morris, 4 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2	Two B5N Type 97 torpedo bombers flew by carrier Yorktown and destroyer Morris, 4 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2

Two D3A1 carrier dive bombers from Junyo over Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska, between 1800 and 1900 hours on 4 Jun 1942	US Navy Ensign Leif Larsenand rear gunner Radioman John F. Gardener in a SBD-3 Dauntles aircraft aboard USS Yorktown in the later afternoon of 4 Jun 1942

US Navy personnel at Dutch Harbor, Alaksa, United States, 3-4 Jun 1942	US Navy pilot Lieutenant Commander Maxwell Leslie's SBD aircraft crashing safely into the sea due to lack of fuel beside USS Astoria, 1348 hours, 4 Jun 1942

USS Astoria passing by USS Yorktown (foreground), 4 Jun 1942	USS Yorktown underway between 0630 and 0730 hours on 4 Jun 1942; note SBD aircraft next to and forward of the island and TBD-1 aircraft to the aft

VB-3 Commanding Officer Lieutenant Commander Max Leslie ditched his SBD bomber near Astoria due to fuel exhaustion, Battle of Midway, 4 Jun 1942; a PBY flew nearby	View toward port side from Yorktown during Battle of Midway, mid-afternoon of 4 Jun 1942

Wounded by aircraft gunfire, Aviation Ordnanceman Second Class Clifton R. Bassett of VB-3 was carried down the flight deck of Enterprise, 4 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2	Wounded by aircraft gunfire, Aviation Ordnanceman Second Class Clifton R. Bassett of VB-3 was carried down the flight deck of Enterprise, 4 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2

Yorktown burning after hit by three Japanese bombs, 4 Jun 1942	Yorktown burning and listing, afternoon of 4 Jun 1942, before the ship was abandoned

Yorktown dead in the water, about 1300, 4 Jun 1942	Yorktown dead in the water, escorted by destroyer Russell, 1330, 4 Jun 1942; two SBD-3 scout bombers flew overhead