converted to CV-2 in 1922 USS Lexington (CV-2), a Lexington-class aircraft carrier commissioned in 1927 and sunk in 1942 USS Lexington (CV-16), an Essex-class...

USS Lexington (CV-2), nicknamed "Lady Lex", was the name ship of her class of two aircraft carriers built for the United States Navy during the 1920s...

carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3), a Lexington-class aircraft carrier commissioned in 1927; active in World War II; was sunk by atomic bomb test in 1946 USS Saratoga (CV-60)...

The Lexington-class battlecruisers were officially the only class of battlecruiser to ever be ordered by the United States Navy. While these six vessels...

The Lexington-class aircraft carriers were a pair of aircraft carriers built for the United States Navy (USN) during the 1920s, the USS Lexington (CV-2)...

USS Langley (CV-1/AV-3) was the United States Navy's first aircraft carrier, converted in 1920 from the collier USS Jupiter (Navy Fleet Collier No. 3)...

USS Indianapolis (CA-35) was a Portland-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy, named for the city of Indianapolis, Indiana. Launched in 1931,...

available to inflict damage upon the enemy. For example, would designing the USS Yorktown so that it was more likely to survive the punishment it took at...

pre-World War II classes: the Lexington class; USS Ranger, the first U.S. purpose-built carrier; theYorktown class, and USS Wasp. As World War II loomed...

Fleet saw the potential of naval aviation and recommended that USS Lexington and USS Saratoga be completed as soon as possible. In 1926, VF-2B flying...

with the US force, and VF-2 lost 5 aircraft while claiming 11 kills. USS Lexington succumbed to torpedo damage and sank. Without an aircraft carrier, VF-2...

1930 USS Los Angeles in Panama 1929 USS Los Angeles in flight USS Los Angeles, USS Patoka and USS Lexington off Panama City, Panama, about 1931 USS Los...

USS Langley † Lexington class USS Lexington USS Saratoga Yorktown class USS Yorktown USS Hornet Wasp class USS Wasp † Essex class (‡ extended bow) USS Oriskany...

carrier Shōhō was sighted and VS-5 was sent out with other squadrons from the USS Lexington to intercept the carrier. Burch was the first pilot to successfully...

resulted in the first loss of an American aircraft carrier in the war— the USS Lexington, sunk on May 8, 1942. The admiral then shifted his flag to Minneapolis...

After duty on USS Nevada and USS Saratoga, he completed flight training in 1929 and served with a bombing squadron on USS Lexington and an observation...

detector, to collect data on nuclear tests. 2 Lexington-class (c. 1921 – 1925) aircraft carriers: Lexington, Saratoga Mk 9 guns in four 190-ton twin turrets...

aviation and served as the first commanding officer of the carrier USS Lexington. Marshall was born in Greenville, Texas. He entered the United States...

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USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world's oldest commissioned...

service until November 1927 when USS Saratoga of the Lexington-class was commissioned. The lead ship of the class, USS Lexington, was commissioned the...

Study at the Naval War College was followed in 1927 by service in the aircraft carriers USS Lexington and USS Saratoga. While in the latter ship, he commanded...

he was buried in the Breckinridge family plot at Lexington Cemetery in Lexington, Kentucky. The USS General J. C. Breckinridge (AP-176) and the James...

Martin MO-1 observation plane flown by Lt. L. C. Hayden was launched from USS Langley using a catapult powered by gunpowder. Following this launch, this...

8, 1942: The USS Lexington was sunk during the Battle of the Coral Sea. The Lexington was hit by two bombs and two torpedoes. Lexington listed but was...

USS Saratoga (CV-3) was a Lexington-class aircraft carrier built for the United States Navy during the 1920s. Originally designed as a battlecruiser,...

on Lexington when sunk in May 1942 Ranger (ca. 1931) originally built with 8 guns 2 Nevada-class battleships: Nevada, Oklahoma 8 installed in 1927-1930...

consisted of the new Essex-class carrier USS Lexington as well as the light carriers USS Independence and USS Princeton. These carriers remained at Pearl...

with the planes from 9 other squadrons, which included the USS Saratoga, USS Lexington, and USS Langley Air Groups, for a three-day tour of east coast cities...

months in repair on the west coast, so VF-3 squadron transferred to the USS Lexington on January 31. O'Hare's most famous flight occurred during the Pacific...