The Yorktown arrives at Pearl Harbor to repair the damage sustained at the Battle of the Coral Sea. Technicians estimate it would take 90 days to fix the damage to which Nimitz informs them that "We must have this ship back in three days."
12 posted on 05/22/2012 8:02:59 AM PDT by CougarGA7
("History is politics projected into the past" - Michael Pokrovski)
Also - U.S.S. Saratoga leaves Bremerton Washington after completing repairs of the torpedo damage sustained in January. She is headed for San Diego where she will take on her aviation component.
13 posted on 05/22/2012 10:34:29 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))