Subject: USS Yorktown sinking diorama
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 11:45:52 -0700
From: "Robert Swan" <swani22@hotmail.com>
To: cadman@modelwarships.com

Hello, Tim:

I've got a favor to ask.  I built a model of the USS Hughes and USS Yorktown
at Midway that you were kind enough to put on your site.  In the months
following, I discovered some inaccuracies, so I've done it again correcting
those mistakes.  I've also chosen to depict the moment the Yorktown is going
under rather than the ships sailing side by side like last time.

Can you please remove the old pictures and include these new ones instead?
I've written an intro paragraph as well:

This is the USS Yorktown (CV-5) at the moment she begins to
sink as the USS Hughes (DD-410, my father's ship) stands on honor
guard. The Yorktown was hit by kamikazes on June 4, 1942 and struck by
torpedoes on June 6. Yet she still remained afloat for one more
night, finally succumbing to the sea at 06:59 on June 7. The USS
Hughes stood guard of her alone the night of June 6 and was ordered
to sink the Yorktown herself if it was in danger of being captured by
the Japanese.

The scale of the ships is 1/2400.  The Hughes destroyer is literally the
size of two pennies side by side. I had to paint her MS12 modified
camouflage with a toothpick.  You'll see oil surrounding the Yorktown and
some lines from the flight deck to the water. The crewmen used these lines
to lower themselves into the water when the Yorktown was abandoned.

Thanks, Tim!

~Robert

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