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Mensaje: <blockquote data-quote="SMS" data-source="post: 2531680" data-attributes="member: 17858">USS Yorktown en Midway, con tiempo para prepararse a recibir el ataque, tres bombas lo dejaron practicamente al borde de irse al fondo.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Yorktown_(CV-5)#Battle_of_Midway">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Yorktown_(CV-5)#Battle_of_Midway</a>:As soon as the attackers had been picked up on Yorktown's radar at about 1329, she discontinued fueling her CAP fighters on deck and swiftly cleared for action. Her returning dive bombers were moved from the landing circle to open the area for antiaircraft fire. The Dauntlesses were ordered aloft to form a CAP. An auxiliary 800 US gallons (3,000 l) gasoline tank was pushed over the carrier's fantail, eliminating one fire hazard. The crew drained fuel lines and closed and secured all compartments.Despite an intensive barrage and evasive maneuvering, three "Vals" scored hits. Two of them were shot down soon after releasing their bomb loads; the third went out of control just as his bomb left the rack. It tumbled in flight and hit just <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abaft">abaft</a> the number two elevator on the starboard side, exploding on contact and blasting a hole about 10 feet (3 m) square in the flight deck. Splinters from the exploding bomb killed most of the crews of the two 1.1-inch (28 mm) gun mounts aft of the island and on the flight deck below. Fragments piercing the flight deck hit three planes on the hangar deck, starting fires. One of the aircraft, a Yorktown Dauntless, was fully fueled and carrying a 1,000 pounds (450 kg) bomb. Prompt action by LT A. C. Emerson, the hangar deck officer, prevented a serious fire by activating the sprinkler system and quickly extinguishing the fire.The second bomb to hit the ship came from the port side, pierced the flight deck, and exploded in the lower part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funnel_(ship)">funnel</a>, in effect a classic "down the stack shot." It ruptured the uptakes for three boilers, disabled two boilers, and extinguished the fires in five boilers. Smoke and gases began filling the firerooms of six boilers. The men at Number One boiler remained at their post and kept it alight, maintaining enough steam pressure to allow the auxiliary steam systems to function.A third bomb hit the carrier from the starboard side, pierced the side of number one elevator and exploded on the fourth deck, starting a persistent fire in the rag storage space, adjacent to the forward gasoline stowage and the magazines. The prior precaution of smothering the gasoline system with carbon dioxide undoubtedly prevented the gasoline from igniting.In all, Yorktown's sinking on 7 June 1942 claimed the lives of 141 of her officers and crewmen.</blockquote>

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