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English: Damage in the port forward 127 mm gun gallery of the U.S. navy aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-2), from a Japanese bomb that hit near the gallery's after end during the Battle of the Coral Sea, 8 May 1942. The ship's No. four 5"/25 gun is in the left center of the view, which looks forward.
The staining on the photographic image is possibly due to water damage received when the photographer abandoned ship.
Depicted place Battle of the Coral Sea
Date 8 May 1942
date QS:P571,+1942-05-08T00:00:00Z/11
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
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80-G-16803
Source U.S. Navy photo 80-G-16803

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