DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 51382
USS Lexington (CV-2)
Burning and sinking after her crew abandoned ship during the
Battle of Coral Sea, 8 May 1942.
Note planes parked aft, where fires have not yet reached.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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