Keywords: USS Lexington flight deck damage during Battle of Coral Sea.jpg View on the flight deck of USS Lexington CV-2 at about 1500 hrs on 8 May 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea The ship's air group is spotted aft with Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat fighters nearest the camera Douglas SBD Dauntless scout bombers and Douglas TBD-1 Devastator torpedo planes are parked further aft Smoke is rising around the after aircraft elevator from fires burning in the hangar <br> Note fire hose wheels propellers servicing stands and other gear scattered on the flight deck Official U S Navy photograph http //www history navy mil/photos/images/g10000/g16802c htm 80-G-16802 now in the collections of the U S National Archives 1942-05-08 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Lexington CV-2 Battle of the Coral Sea Fighter Squadron 2 United States Navy Warship battle damage |