Keywords: USS Lexington burning and exploding2.jpg en Explosion amidships on USS Lexington CV-2 8 May 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea 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 NH 76561 http //www navsource org/archives/02/020239 jpg http //www navsource org/archives/02/02a htm NavSource Author 1942-05-08 Official US Navy photograph PD-USGov-Military-Navy Battle of the Coral Sea USS Lexington CV-2 USS Minneapolis CA-36 USS Anderson DD-411 USS Hammann DD-412 USS Morris DD-417 ship 1940 |