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On June 5, TF 16 under command of Rear Admiral Spruance pursued the Japanese fleet westward, while work continued to salvage the damaged ''Yorktown''. Both ''Akagi'' and ''Hiryu'', damaged the previous day, were scuttled by Japanese destroyers early on the 5th.
On June 5, TF 16 under command of Rear Admiral Spruance pursued the Japanese fleet westward, while work continued to salvage the damaged ''Yorktown''. Both ''Akagi'' and ''Hiryu'', damaged the previous day, were scuttled by Japanese destroyers early on the 5th.
===June 6, 1942===
===June 6, 1942===
[[Image:Midway.jpg|thumb|150px|right|SBD Dauntless dive bombers from USS ''Hornet'' approaching the burning Japanese heavy cruiser ''Mikuma'' to make the third set of attacks on her, during the early afternoon of June 6, 1942.]]
[[Image:Hammann.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Sailors from USS ''Yorktown'' watch as USS ''Hammann'' sinks minutes after being struck by torpedoes from the Japanese submarine I-168.]]
[[Image:Hammann.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Sailors from USS ''Yorktown'' watch as USS ''Hammann'' sinks minutes after being struck by torpedoes from the Japanese submarine I-168.]]
The last air attacks of the battle took place on June 6 when dive bombers from ''Enterprise'' and ''Hornet'' bombed and sank heavy cruiser ''Mikuma'', and damaged destroyers ''Asashio'' and ''Arashio'',as well as the cruiser ''Mogami''. At Admiral Spruance's expressed orders, issued because of the destruction of three torpedo squadrons on June 4, "Devastators" from VT-6 that accompanied the strike did not attack because of the threat to them from surface antiaircraft fire. After recovering these planes, TF 16 turned eastward and broke off contact with the enemy. COMINT intercepts over the following two days documented the withdrawal of Japanese forces toward Saipan and the Home Islands.
The last air attacks of the battle took place on June 6 when dive bombers from ''Enterprise'' and ''Hornet'' bombed and sank heavy cruiser ''Mikuma'', and damaged destroyers ''Asashio'' and ''Arashio'',as well as the cruiser ''Mogami''. At Admiral Spruance's expressed orders, issued because of the destruction of three torpedo squadrons on June 4, "Devastators" from VT-6 that accompanied the strike did not attack because of the threat to them from surface antiaircraft fire. After recovering these planes, TF 16 turned eastward and broke off contact with the enemy. COMINT intercepts over the following two days documented the withdrawal of Japanese forces toward Saipan and the Home Islands.