Image: Large explosion aboard USS Lexington (CV-2), 8 may 1942
Description: 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.
Title: Large explosion aboard USS Lexington (CV-2), 8 May 1942 (80-G-16651)
Credit: U.S. Navy photo 80-G-16651
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