Today marks the start of the Battle of Midway in 1942.The Imperial Japanese Navy wanted to secure Midway as a springboard to invade Hawaii.
Alerted by a team who had broken the Japanese codes, the US Navy moved USS Enterprise, USS Hornet, and USS Saratoga and their escort groups to intercept the Japanese task force.
In a battle lasting for three days, the outnumbered US Navy sank four major Japanese carriers, and stopped the Japanese fleet.
One US carrier was sunk.
USS Saratoga (photographed by Robert Ballard's team) now lies at rest, three miles down.
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