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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-16668 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 the cruiser Minneapolis (CA-36) and destroyers Morris (DD-417), Anderson (DD-411) and Hammann (DD-412). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 605 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. Note: The original print is reversed. Orientation has been corrected in this digital image.

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25 April 2000