A destroyer is alongside of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS <i>Lexington</i> (CV-2) as she is abandoned during the afternoon of 8 May 1942. Note the crewmen sliding down lines on <i>Lexington</i>'s starboard quarter.
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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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