Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - "Portland" wee banye dịka akụkụ nke Admiral Frank J. Fletcher's Task Force 17 iji gbochie ndị agha Japan nso Midway Atoll. N'oge agha nke sochiri ebe ahụ
N'ụbọchị 4 ruo 7 nke ọnwa Juun, 1942, "Portland" nyere ndị agha ụgbọelu ụgbọelu, nke ndị Japan ji torpedo wakpoo 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.