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80-G-16806 Lexington

Photo #: 80-G-16806 Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942
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Description: Planes returning on board USS Lexington (CV-2) at about 1400 hrs. on 8 May 1942, during the Battle of the Coral Sea. View looks aft along the port side of the flight deck from the front of the bomb-damaged port forward 5-inch gun gallery. Number two 5/25 gun is in the foreground, trained out and still in operation. The damaged number four and number six 5/25 guns are immediately beyond. A TBD-1 torpedo plane is on the flight deck, taxiing forward after landing, and a F4F-3 fighter is approaching to land. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-16806
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