Photo #: NH 76561
Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942
Explosion amidships on USS Lexington (CV-2), 8 May 1942.
This is probably the explosion at 1727 hrs that took place as
the carrier's abandonment was nearing its end.
Ships standing by include two cruisers and several destroyers.
Photographed from USS Portland (CA-33).
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C.,
1972. Collection of Captain Benjamin Perlman.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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