June 1942: The USS Lexington, U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, explodes after being bombed by Japanese planes in the Battle of the Coral Sea in the South Pacific during World War II.

Sinking of the USS Lexington

A specific military testing nomenclature has not been found for this vehicle. The photo was taken in 1943 at Aberdeen Proving Ground.   The gun is a U.S. Navy Mark 17 consisting of two Browning .50cal AN-M2 Machine Guns. This vehicle was not adopted for production. Other than the armament, the vehicle was identical to the standard M5A1 light tank.


M5A1 AA Prototype

A gunner fires .30 caliber machine gun of a SBD on a carrier as other crewmen watch.The yellow around the American roundel indicates this SBD was in the Mediterranean theater.(rudeerude)