My favorite part of the whole saga was that Japan thought they sank the USS Yorktown. At the time, the estimate was that three months of repair would be needed. She managed to limp back to Pearl Harbor, badly damaged, and the determination there was that Yorktown needed at least two weeks worth of repair. Nimitz said that it needed to sail in 48 hours. Yorktown sailed on time and showed up at the Battle of Midway and played a crucial role, much to Japan’s dismay. It was lost, but she served well. We could really do things in those days.
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