File:Coral Sea Lexington survivors.jpg

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Description Survivors of USS Lexington (CV-2) are pulled aboard a cruiser - probably USS Minneapolis (CA-36) - after the carrier was abandoned on the afternoon of 8 May 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea. Note the man in the lower part of the photo who is using the cruiser's armor belt as a hand hold.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-7392, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives [1].
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current15:14, 24 May 2011Thumbnail for version as of 15:14, 24 May 2011740 × 587 (309 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)levels
16:14, 23 March 2007Thumbnail for version as of 16:14, 23 March 2007740 × 586 (126 KB)Editor at Large (talk | contribs)Losslessly cropped caption bar
23:45, 5 July 2005Thumbnail for version as of 23:45, 5 July 2005740 × 610 (131 KB)Bradipus (talk | contribs)USS Lexington survivors

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