<div class="cbp-popup-wrapper"> <div class="cbp-l-inline"> <img src="/okeanos/explorations/okeanos-beyond-the-blue/ex2503/features/media/yorktown-stopped-800.jpg" alt="Aircraft carrier at sea emitting thick smoke under an overcast sky." /> </div> <div class="cbp-l-inline-below"> <div class="cbp-l-inline-title">USS <i>Yorktown</i> Burning</div> <div class="cbp-l-inline-subtitle"><i>Image courtesy of the Naval History and Heritage Command.</i> <a href="/okeanos/explorations/okeanos-beyond-the-blue/ex2503/features/media/yorktown-stopped.jpeg" download target="_blank">Download larger version (jpg, 301 KB).</a></div> <div class="cbp-l-inline-desc">USS <i>Yorktown</i> (CV-5) after being hit by Japanese bombs shortly after noon on June 4, 1942. This view was taken shortly after the ship lost power and stopped, while F4F-4 Wildcat fighters were still spotted forward their location during the attack. Fires are burning in <i>Yorktown</i>'s uptakes.</p></div> </div> <div class="cbp-l-inline-view-wrap"> <a href="/okeanos/explorations/okeanos-beyond-the-blue/ex2503/features/exploring-yorktown.html" type="button" class="btn btn-outline-primary btn-standard" title="Learn more">Learn more<i class="bi bi-chevron-right"></i></a> </div> </div>