Lex was pretty well disabled by torpedo hits and then caught fire. Akagi and Kaga were also set ablaze by dive bombers. Our torpedo planes were shit at that stage of the war, virtually flying coffins. Lex's hull was built at a time when the effectiveness of Japanese torpedoes was unknown.
I seem to recall a special where they went looking for the sunken carriers of Midway. They did find Yorktown and one of the Jap carriers, Kaga I think, but they could not find Akagi, Hiryu and Soryu,
I seem to recall a special where they went looking for the sunken carriers of Midway. They did find Yorktown and one of the Jap carriers, Kaga I think, but they could not find Akagi, Hiryu and Soryu,
