Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: "Portland" wee banye dịka akụkụ nke Admiral Frank J. Fletcher's Task Force 17 iji gbochie ndị agha Japan nso Midway Atoll. N'oge na-esote
n'agha a lụrụ n'ụbọchị 4 ruo 7 nke ọnwa Juun n'afọ 1942, "Portland" nyere ụgbọelu na-ebu ụgbọelu nchebe, nke ndị Japan ji torpedo wakpo ọtụtụ ugboro ma mikpuo ya. Mgbe ahụ DuBose duziri ọrụ nnapụta nke ndị ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri Yorktown lanarịrịnụ ma bufee ha n'ụgbọ mmiri Portland gaa Pearl Harbor ụbọchị abụọ ka e mesịrị.