The United States Navy fleet oiler USS <i>Neosho</i> (AO-23) is left burning and slowly sinking after an attack by Imperial Japanese Navy dive bombers on 7 May 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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1942-05-07
Werneth, Ron, <i>Beyond Pearl Harbor:  The Untold Stories of Japan's Naval Airmen</i>, Schiffer Military History, Atglen, PA, 2008, p. 66.  Book states that the photo is from the Japanese Defense Agency, War History Section.