USS Lexington CV-2 burning as she was being abandoned during the Battle of the Coral Sea
This photograph was taken at roughly 5:01pm from USS Portland CA-33 after the abandon ship order was issued. Nearby are three cruisers and several destroyers. The warship at the right in the distance is USS Chester CA-27
Credit: USN via NHHC catalog NH 76562 Date: May 8, 1942
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