Edited by Destroyer History Foundation from NARA photo 80-G-16668. Source: Naval Historical Center.
Sims-class destroyers Morris (DD 417), Anderson (DD 411) and Hammann (DD 412), and the heavy cruiser Minneapolis (CA 36) stand by following the Battle of the Coral Sea, 8 May 1942, as the Lexington (CV 2) suffers a major explosion prior to sinking.