File:Large explosion aboard USS Lexington (CV-2), 8 May 1942 (80-G-16651).jpg

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English: A mushroom cloud rises after a heavy explosion on board the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-2), 8 May 1942. This is probably the great explosion from the detonation of torpedo warheads stowed in the starboard side of the hangar, aft, that followed an explosion amidships at 1727 hrs. Note USS Yorktown (CV-5) on the horizon in the left center, and destroyer USS Hammann (DD-412) at the extreme left.
Depicted place Battle of the Coral Sea
Date 8 May 1942
date QS:P571,+1942-05-08T00:00:00Z/11
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
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80-G-16651
Source U.S. Navy photo 80-G-16651

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