<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: IPortland yabe isigibela njengengxenye yeTask Force 17 ka - Admiral Frank J. Fletcher ukuze ivimbe amabutho aseJapane eduze ne - Midway Atoll. Phakathi nenkathi eyalandela  <response>: empini lapho ngoJuni 4 kuya ku-7, 1942, iPortland yanikeza ukuzivikela kwe-anti-aircraft yenkampani ephethe izindiza, eyashayiswa kaningi ngama-torpedo aseJapane futhi yacwila. UDuBose wabe esehola umsebenzi wokutakula abasindile abasebenza emkhunjini we- Yorktown futhi wabahambisa emkhunjini we- Portland baya ePearl Harbor ezinsukwini ezimbili kamuva. 