Crewmen abandon ship on board the U.S. aircraft carrier USS <i>Lexington</i> (CV-2) after the carrier was hit by Japanese torpedoes and bombs during the Battle of the Coral Sea, on 8 May 1942. Note the destroyer alongside taking on survivors.
U.S. Navy
1942-05-08
U.S. Navy National Naval Aviation Museum photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://collections.naval.aviation.museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/common/imagedisplay.php?irn=16025736&amp;reftable=ecatalogue&amp;refirn=16049200">NNAM.2001.205.069</a>