Photo #: NH 76562
Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942
USS Lexington (CV-2) burning on 8 May 1942, as she was
being abandoned.
Ships standing by include three cruisers and several destroyers.
Ship in the right distance is USS Chester (CA-27).
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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