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A destroyer pulls alongside the aircraft carrier USS Lexington as the carrier is abandoned during the afternoon of May 8, 1942. Note crewmen sliding down lines on Lexington's starboard quarter. Navy photo

USS Lexington Abandoned

A destroyer pulls alongside the aircraft carrier USS Lexington as the carrier is abandoned during the afternoon of May 8, 1942. Note crewmen sliding down lines on Lexington's starboard quarter. Navy photo

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