The Aircraft Carrier The Japanese Swore They Sank (And Returned in 3 Days)

Описание: Discover the extraordinary true story of the unbelievable 72-hour repair of the USS Yorktown at Pearl Harbor, an event that altered the fate of the Battle of Midway and the entire Second World War. In May 1942, the aircraft carrier Yorktown returned severely damaged after combat in the Coral Sea, while Japanese intelligence services had already given up hope of its destruction. What followed became one of the greatest feats of industrial determination in history: a contingent of 1,400 American workers toiled tirelessly to complete in just three days a task that, according to Japanese calculations, would have taken at least 90 days.

This historical account, based on meticulous research, details how the Pearl Harbor shipyard team surpassed naval engineering standards, caused power outages on Oahu due to the intensity of the welding, and hastily dispatched a recovered ship to Midway, surprising Japanese leaders who considered it sunk. Understand how the unexpected presence of the Yorktown disrupted Japan's combat strategies, how its bombers were responsible for the sinking of the aircraft carrier Sōryū, and why Admiral Nimitz classified that 72-hour period as "the three most crucial days of the Pacific War."

Based on official historical archives, accounts from veterans, and once-classified intelligence documents, this detailed exhibition explores the lesser-known face of American industrial power, celebrating the citizens who turned the impossible into reality and the "ghost" ship that terrorized Japanese aviators, demonstrating that the most powerful tool in the arsenal of democracy was the American worker armed with a blowtorch and an urgent mission.