Midway-Class Carriers: Cold War Powerhouses with WWII Roots The Midway-class aircraft carrier was a workhorse of the United ...

U.S. Yorktown Class Arguably the most successful class of warship ever built, and certainly one of the most decorated, the Yorktowns were the model for all future U.S. carrier designs. Relatively ...

Summary and Key Points: The Midway-class aircraft carriers, named after the iconic Battle of Midway, consisted of three ships ...

But 4 June 1942 would see the tide turn, with three US Navy (USN) aircraft carriers waiting in ambush for the IJN near a tiny atoll whose name would become immortalized in history: Midway.