<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ezinsukwini ezimbili kamuva, iMonaghan yayisendleleni eya empini enquma impi, iMpi yaseMidway  <response>: . futhi. AmaJapane ahamba ngomkhumbi eyothatha i-Midway Atoll enohlelo lwempi oluyinkimbinkimbi, kodwa inhloli yasolwandle yase - U.S. yembula lolu hlelo kubaphathi baseMelika, ababelazi kanjalo isikhathi nendawo yokuthola i - Carrier Striking Task Force yabahlaseli baseJapane. Nakuba ayembalwa, amaMelika acwilisa abathwali bezindiza abane besitha ezenzweni zomoya ezaqala ngobusuku bukaJuni 3, kanye ne-cruiser esindayo. Phakathi nezinsuku ezimbili zokuqala, i-Monaghan yaboniswa, kwathi ekuseni ngoJuni 5 kwathiwa makuphume amadoda ayohlenga indiza yasolwandle ewile. Ngo-1830 wafika ngasohlangothini lwe-Yorktown eyayilimele kabi, wajoyina iqembu lababhubhisi ababezama ukusindisa umphathi futhi bamvikele ekulimaleni okwengeziwe. I-Shipwreck yahlasela umkhumbi-ngwenya ngosuku olulandelayo futhi yacwilisa kokubili i- Yorktown kanye ne-, umkhumbi-ngwenya wahlala phezu kwamanzi amanye amahora angu-16 ngaphambi kokuba anqobe. Monaghan, futhi yahlasela futhi yalimaza kakhulu umkhumbi-ngwenya. 