The next morning some separated the two forces. The Americans struck first, crippling "Shōkaku"; anti-aircraft fire and combat air patrol aircraft soon decimated "Zuikaku"s air group. Meanwhile, the American carriers had taken divergent courses as the incoming Japanese strike neared them, "Yorktown", "Lexington", and their respective screens drawing three or four miles apart; "Anderson" continued to screen "Lexington". About 1116 on 8 May, the first of the Japanese planes came in on the attack, which lasted until 1200. During the attack, "Anderson" maintained station on "Lexington", constantly firing at the enemy, but scoring no hits. With the exception of one burst of machine gun fire, the destroyer was not attacked, the enemy concentrating his attack on "Lexington".