Photo #: 80-G-16805 Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942 Damage in the port forward 5-inch gun gallery on USS Lexington (CV-2), from a Japanese bomb that struck near the gallery's after end during the Battle of the Coral Sea, 8 May 1942. View looks aft, with the ship's number two 5"/25 gun in the foreground, still manned and in operation. Number four 5"/25 gun is immediately beyond, trained out to port and aft. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 111KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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19 April 2000