U.S. Navy destroyers alongside the aircraft carrier USS <i>Lexington</i> (CV-2) assist in the ship's abandonment, after she had been mortally damaged by fires and explosions during the afternoon of 8 May 1942. The photo was taken from the heavy cruiser USS <i>Minneapolis</i> (CA-36). Note the Curtiss SOC <i>Seagull</i> scouting plane, with a damaged wingtip, on the cruiser's port catapult. The destroyer on the left is probalby USS <i>Hammann</i> (DD-412).
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8 May 1942<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1942-05-08T00:00:00Z/11</div>
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