USS Lexington is an Essex-class aircraft carrier built during World War II for the United States Navy. Originally intended to be named Cabot, the new aircraft carrier was renamed while under construct
USS Lexington underway on 16 August 1958
Lexington in her original configuration, November 1943
Chart room on board Lexington as the ship maneuvers during a strike on the Gilbert and Marshall Islands, December 1943
Lexington departs Puget Sound in 1955 to undertake sea trials following her massive SCB-27/SCB-125 conversion
An aircraft carrier is a warship designed to carry, launch, recover and support aircraft at sea, equipped with a full-length flight deck and hangar facilities that allow it to serve as a mobile, seago
USS Lexington (CV-16)
…USS Lexington (CV/CVA/CVS/CVT/AVT-16) is an Essex-class aircraft carrier built during World War II for the United States Navy. Originally intended to be named Cabot, the new aircraft carrier was renamed while under construction…
Three steam catapult equipped aircraft carriers of various types—USS John C. Stennis, Charles de Gaulle (French Navy), and USS John F. Kennedy—along with the helicopter carrier HMS Ocean and escort vessels, 2002
Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian is the first aircraft carrier in the world to launch a fifth-generation fighter using the electromagnetic catapult system
French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (rear) and US Navy carrier USS Ronald Reagan conducting joint operations in the Persian Gulf, each with the CATOBAR configuration
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), a United States Navy fleet carrier, also often referred to as a supercarrier, crossing the Atlantic in 2019