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English: The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-2) afire and down at the bow, but still steaming and operating aircraft, shortly after she was hit by Japanese torpedoes and bombs during the Battle of the Coral Sea. This view was taken about noon on 8 May 1942, before the fires were extinguished from a bomb hit on the carrier's smokestack. The plane overhead is a Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat fighter.
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-16643
Source U.S. Navy photo 80-G-16643

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