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80-G-7398 Lexington

Photo #: 80-G-7398  Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942
Description: A destroyer alongside USS Lexington (CV-2) as the carrier is abandoned during the afternoon of 8 May 1942. Note crewmen sliding down lines on Lexington's starboard quarter. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-7398
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