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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

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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25 April 2000