Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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Yorktown listing to port after receiving the second torpedo hit, 4 Jun 1942	Yorktown stopped after receiving bombs, seen from cruiser Astoria, just after 1200, 4 Jun 1942

Yorktown stopped and burning, just after 1200, 4 Jun 1942	Yorktown under attack by dive bombers, seen from cruiser Portland, 4 Jun 1942

Yorktown's crew attempted to repair the bomb hole on the flight deck, 4 Jun 1942	Yorktown's hangar deck just after fire was extinguished, 4 Jun 1942; note the TBD-1 torpedo bomber hanging overhead

Close-up view of the Mogami-class cruiser Mikuma during the Battle of Midway, showing damage, Jun 1942; photo was taken by a US Navy pilot.	Damaged ship at Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska, 5 Jun 1942

Hiryu burning, photographed by a plane of carrier Hosho, 5 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2	Hiryu burning, photographed by a plane of carrier Hosho, 5 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2

Crew of Yorktown prepared to jettison a TBD-1 Devastator bomber, 6 Jun 1942	Destroyer USS Hammann sinking, 6 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2, seen from USS Yorktown

Destroyer USS Hammann sinking, 6 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2, seen from USS Yorktown	Mikuma burning after being bombed by Enterprise's aircraft, 6 Jun 1942

Mikuma burning and sinking, 6 Jun 1942	Mikuma burning, 6 Jun 1942, taken by the gunner of a US plane, DD Asashio or Arashio is nearby

Mikuma burning, with midships structure shattered and torpedo dangling from tube, 6 Jun 1942	SBDs from Hornet over the burning Mikuma, early afternoon, 6 Jun 1942

Survivors of USS Hammann arriving at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii after Battle of Midway, 6 Jun 1942	US Navy Lieutenant Commanders Joe Taylor (left) and William O. Burch, Jr. (right) standing beside a Torpedo Squadron 5 TBD-1 Devastator aircraft, Naval Air Station, Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 6 Jun 1942