USS Lexington CV-2 burning furiously after being abandoned during the Battle of the Coral Sea
This photograph was taken at roughly 5:30 after the crew abandoned ship order was issued. Aircraft parked at the stern have not yet been destroyed by the fire.
Credit: USN via NHHC catalog NH 51382 Date: May 8, 1942
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