USS Lexington (CV-2)
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USS Lexington, nicknamed "Lady Lex", was the name ship of her class of two aircraft carriers built for the United States Navy during the 1920s. Originally designed as a Lexington-class battlecruiser,
An aerial view of Lexington on 14 October 1941
Lexington on the slipway, 1925
Lexington beginning the transit from her builder at Quincy to Boston Navy Yard in January 1928
Curtiss F6C fighters and Martin T3M torpedo bombers, 1928
USS Lexington (CV-16)
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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 (CV-2)
…Essex-class fleet carriers currently under construction from Cabot to Lexington. Knox agreed to the proposal and the carrier was renamed as the seventh Lexington (CV-16) on 16 June 1942. Anderson, Richard M. & Baker, Arthur D. III (1977). "CV-2 Lex and CV-3 Sara". Warship International. XIV (4): 291–328. ISSN 0043-0374…
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