Keywords: USS Lexington flight deck after explosion.jpg en View on the flight deck of USS Lexington CV-2 at about 1700 hrs on 8 May 1942 as the crew prepares to abandon ship after the series of explosions that produced uncontrollable fires and brought her to a stop Photographed from the ship's island looking forward with fire hoses and debris including an aircraft landing gear wheel visible on the flight deck USS Minneapolis CA-36 is faintly visible in the center crossing Lexington's bow Official U S Navy Photograph now in the collections of the National Archives 80-G-16811 http //www navsource org/archives/02/020237 jpg http //www navsource org/archives/02/02a htm NavSource Author 1942-05-08 Official US Navy photograph PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Lexington CV-2 |