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Sunk

Submarine. Not in the air battle. On 6 and 7 June she sank Hammann and the abandoned Yorktown. Scamp sank her on 27 July 1943 in the Steffen Strait.

TypeSubmarine (SS)
HullI-168
FateSunk. Sank Hammann and the abandoned Yorktown after the carrier battle at Midway. The submarine Scamp sank her on 27 July 1943 in the Steffen Strait, near New Hanover.
Command

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

U.S. Navy photo NH 73504. The submarine I-68 on trials in 1934. She was later renumbered I-168. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Command

Battle of Midway

1942-06-04 · sank Hammann and Yorktown after the air battle

Shot and shell

sunk · torpedoUSS Hammann
I-168 torpedoed Hammann and the abandoned Yorktown. Hammann sank at once. Yorktown went down the next morning.
sunk · torpedoUSS Yorktown
The same submarine's torpedoes finished Yorktown.