[NorthMountain]

Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher:

Commander of Task Force 17, centered on USS Yorktown. Yorktown was badly damaged at the Coral Sea ... yard men at Pearl Harbor fixed her up in record time to fight at Midway. The japs (thought they) sank her four times:

1) By aerial bombardment at Coral Sea.

2) By aerial bombardment at Midway. The crew got her back in the fight.

3) By aerial bombardment at Midway (again). The crew kept her from sinking; she was taken under tow by USS Hammond back to Pearl.

4) By submarine torpedo. The japs got both Yorktown and Hammond.

[Jacquerie]

Unlike the Jap carriers that became horrid infernos, Yorktown fared much better due in large part to:

1. Better USN damage control.
2. A fuels division petty officer aboard Yorktown floated the idea of, before battle, replacing the aviation fuel from all lines with inert CO2.

It is why the non-burning Yorktown was attacked a second time.