The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy" id="mw1g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>'s victory over the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" id="mw1w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Midway" id="mw2A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Midway">Battle of Midway</a> is a major turning point in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ocean_theater_of_World_War_II" id="mw2Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pacific Ocean theater of World War II">Pacific Theater</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mw2g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>. All four Japanese <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_carrier" id="mw2w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fleet carrier">fleet carriers</a> taking part—<a about="#mwt148" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"ship","href":"./Template:Ship"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Japanese aircraft carrier"},"2":{"wt":"Akagi"},"3":{"wt":""},"4":{"wt":"2"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Akagi" id="mw3A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi" typeof="mw:Transclusion"><i>Akagi</i></a>, <a about="#mwt149" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"ship","href":"./Template:Ship"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Japanese aircraft carrier"},"2":{"wt":"Kaga"},"3":{"wt":""},"4":{"wt":"2"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Kaga" id="mw3Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga" typeof="mw:Transclusion"><i>Kaga</i></a>, <a about="#mwt150" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"ship","href":"./Template:Ship"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Japanese aircraft carrier"},"2":{"wt":"Sōryū"},"3":{"wt":""},"4":{"wt":"2"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Sōryū" id="mw3g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Sōryū" typeof="mw:Transclusion"><i>Sōryū</i></a> and <a about="#mwt151" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"ship","href":"./Template:Ship"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Japanese aircraft carrier"},"2":{"wt":"Hiryū"},"3":{"wt":""},"4":{"wt":"2"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Hiryū" id="mw3w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū" typeof="mw:Transclusion"><i>Hiryū</i></a>—are sunk, as is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_cruiser" id="mw4A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Heavy cruiser">heavy cruiser</a> <a about="#mwt152" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"ship","href":"./Template:Ship"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Japanese cruiser"},"2":{"wt":"Mikuma"},"3":{"wt":""},"4":{"wt":"2"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Mikuma" id="mw4Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Japanese cruiser Mikuma" typeof="mw:Transclusion"><i>Mikuma</i></a>. The American carrier <a about="#mwt153" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"USS","href":"./Template:USS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Yorktown"},"2":{"wt":"CV-5"},"3":{"wt":"2"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Yorktown_(CV-5)" id="mw4g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="USS Yorktown (CV-5)" typeof="mw:Transclusion"><i>Yorktown</i></a> and the destroyer <a about="#mwt154" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"USS","href":"./Template:USS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Hammann"},"2":{"wt":"DD-412"},"3":{"wt":"2"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hammann_(DD-412)" id="mw4w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="USS Hammann (DD-412)" typeof="mw:Transclusion"><i>Hammann</i></a> are also sunk.<sup about="#mwt158" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-28"}}' id="cite_ref-28" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./June_6#cite_note-28" id="mw5A" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 28;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw5Q">[28]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-28"><cite about="#mwt155" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFParshallTully2005">Parshall, Jonathan; Tully, Anthony (2005). <a class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/shatteredswordun0000pars" id="mwBrY" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwBrc">Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway</i></a>. Dulles, Virginia: Potomac Books. pp.<span id="mwBrg" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>378–380, 476. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwBrk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwBro" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/978-15-74889-23-9" id="mwBrs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/978-15-74889-23-9"><bdi id="mwBrw">978-15-74889-23-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt155" class="Z3988" id="mwBr0" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Shattered+Sword%3A+The+Untold+Story+of+the+Battle+of+Midway&amp;rft.place=Dulles%2C+Virginia&amp;rft.pages=378-380%2C+476&amp;rft.pub=Potomac+Books&amp;rft.date=2005&amp;rft.isbn=978-15-74889-23-9&amp;rft.aulast=Parshall&amp;rft.aufirst=Jonathan&amp;rft.au=Tully%2C+Anthony&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fshatteredswordun0000pars&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJune+6"></span></span>