U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command The Akagi aircraft carrier was sunk during the Battle of Midway, during which hundreds of Japanese and US sailors died The Petrel also worked with the US ...

The unit added that Japanese carriers had been heard ... In fact, just as the first wave of Japanese aircraft appeared over Oahu, Cavite reported that Akagi was in the Nansei Islands, south ...

The 855-foot-long aircraft carrier Akagi was struck by several aerial ... As fires burned aboard the ship, Japanese destroyers ultimately scuttled the ship to keep it from being captured.