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To: Jacquerie
My favorite part is that the carrier Yorktown was so badly damaged at Coral Sea that it would clearly be out of the fight for a while -- Japan thought she was sunk. US experts said she would be in dry dock for at least two weeks.

Took 48 hrs. She arrived at Pearl Harbor 27 May, sailed out on 30 May and performed a crucial role at Midway starting 4 June.

We could do things back then.

3 posted on 05/08/2018 4:43:01 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: ClearCase_guy

Last of the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard workers left her on one of the tugs that escorted her out of the harbor.


11 posted on 05/08/2018 5:31:32 PM PDT by Bull Snipe
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To: ClearCase_guy

Included rolling blackouts in Honolulu to keep the arc-welders going.


12 posted on 05/08/2018 5:36:29 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

So true.


19 posted on 05/08/2018 6:15:11 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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