How One Engineer’s “Impossible” Idea Saved The USS Yorktown In 72 Hours

Описание: May 1942. The USS Yorktown limped back to Pearl Harbor—burned, battered, and written off for dead. Navy experts said she needed three months in dry dock. Admiral Nimitz gave them seventy-two hours.

What followed was one of the greatest engineering miracles in naval history. Led by Commander Francis “Red” Foley, thousands of men worked without sleep—welding, cutting, and patching through night and fire—to bring Yorktown back to life. Three days later, she sailed again... straight into the Battle of Midway.