| Caption | Â Â Â | Explosion aboard USS Lexington, 8 May 1942, photo 2 of 2; note USS Hammann nearby; seen from cruiser USS Minneapolis ww2dbase | |||||||||||
| Source | Â Â Â | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy via navsource.org | |||||||||||
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| Photos in Series | Â | See all photos in this series | |||||||||||
| Photos on Same Day | Â | 8 May 1942 | |||||||||||
| Photos at Same Place | Â | Coral Sea, Pacific Ocean | |||||||||||
| Added By | Â | C. Peter Chen | |||||||||||
| Added Date | Â | 9 Jan 2015 | |||||||||||
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| Licensing | Â | Public Domain. Please support Paul Yarnall's effort with his navsource.org project. Additionally, according to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". |
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| WW2-Era Place Name | Coral Sea, Pacific Ocean |
| Lat/Long | -15.3333, 155.5000 |
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