The steamship <i id="mwVw"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_(steamship)" id="mwWA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lexington (steamship)">Lexington</a></i> burns and sinks four miles off the coast of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island" id="mwWQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Long Island">Long Island</a> with the loss of 139 lives.