Photos Taken on 08 May 1942 | World War II Database

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Dive bombing on Shokaku by dive bombers from Yorktown, 8 May 1942	Explosion aboard USS Lexington, 8 May 1942, photo 1 of 2; note USS Hammann nearby; seen from cruiser USS Minneapolis

Explosion aboard USS Lexington, 8 May 1942, photo 2 of 2; note USS Hammann nearby; seen from cruiser USS Minneapolis	Explosion amidships aboard USS Lexington, 1727 on 8 May 1942, photo 1 of 3

Explosion amidships aboard USS Lexington, 1727 on 8 May 1942, photo 2 of 3	Explosion amidships aboard USS Lexington, 1727 on 8 May 1942, photo 3 of 3

Japanese aircraft flew over an American destroyer, Battle of Coral Sea, 8 May 1942	Lexington afire and down at the bow but still steaming and operating aircraft, shortly after she was hit by Japanese torpedoes and bombs during the Battle of Coral Sea, about noon on 8 May 1942

Lexington burning after the abandon ship order had already been given, 8 May 1942	Lexington during Battle of Coral Sea as seen from Yorktown, early morning of 8 May 1942

Lexington hit and burning, during the later part of the Japanese air attack on 8 May 1942	Lexington spotting aircraft during Battle of Coral Sea, early morning of 8 May 1942

Lexington under attack during Battle of Coral Sea, photographed by a Japanese pilot, 8 May 1942; destroyer Phelps at bottom of photo	Lexington under dive bomber attack during Battle of Coral Sea, shortly before noon on 8 May 1942

Lexington underway as seen from Yorktown, whose flight deck edge and aircraft can be seen at bottom of photo, Battle of Coral Sea, 8 May 1942	Lexington underway, Battle of Coral Sea, morning of 8 May 1942

Lexington's crew prepared to abandon ship, about 1700 on 8 May 1942	Members of the Mochida family awaiting evacuation bus to internment camp, California, United States, 8 May 1942

Men of 451st Battery, 1st Mountain Artillery Regiment, Royal Artillery exercising with 3.7-inch howitzers in Trawsfynydd, Wales, United Kingdom, 8 May 1942; note weather gear	Mushroom cloud rose above USS Lexington after an explosion, 8 May 1942; carrier Yorktown on horizon and destroyer Hammann to the left of photograph