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We of the air department gathered around our planes and waited.
The Lexington was found 3,000 meters about two miles below the surface, resting on the floor of the Coral Sea more than 500 miles off the eastern coast of Australia.
After 1530 an explosion occurred in B-21-4T on the port side of the 2nd deck outboard, which blew out some --9-- shell plating and smashed one of the uptakes below.
From 19 to 24 November, she made searches and flew sorties in the , covering the landings in the Gilberts.
Confirmed Hits on Lexington However, at 1247, the gasoline vapors seeping through Lexington were ignited when they reached motor generators, resulting in a massive explosion.
Whether Americans want to admit it or not there was a lot of antisemitism in the United States of 1941, as there is today.