Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - "Portland" sannan ya shiga matsayin wani ɓangare na Admiral Frank J. Fletcher Task Force 17 don hana sojojin Japan kusa da Midway Atoll. A lokacin yakin da ya biyo baya a can
a ranar 4 zuwa 7 ga Yuni, 1942, "Portland" ya ba da kariya ta iska ga mai ɗaukar jirgin sama, wanda aka buga sau da yawa tare da torpedoes na Japan kuma ya nutse. Daga nan sai DuBose ya jagoranci aikin ceto na wadanda suka tsira daga ma'aikatan "Yorktown" kuma ya dauke su a cikin "Portland" zuwa Pearl Harbor bayan kwana biyu.