Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho under attack
Photo #: 80-G-17015
Battle of Coral Sea, May 1942
Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho under attack by U.S. Navy carrier aircraft in the late morning of 7 May 1942. Photographed from a USS Lexington (CV-2) plane.
A TBD-1 torpedo plane is visible against the smoke in the center of the view.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives.
Battle of Coral Sea, May 1942
Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho under attack by U.S. Navy carrier aircraft in the late morning of 7 May 1942. Photographed from a USS Lexington (CV-2) plane.
A TBD-1 torpedo plane is visible against the smoke in the center of the view.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives.