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

Early in its development, the class used the US battlecruiser designation CC, which had been planned for the Lexington class. However, the designation was...

The G3 class was a class of battlecruisers planned by the Royal Navy after the end of World War I in response to naval expansion programmes by the United...

battleship and battlecruiser construction. The ship entered service in 1928 and was assigned to the Pacific Fleet for her entire career. Lexington and her sister...

Lexington class could refer to two classes of ships of the U.S. Navy: Lexington-class battlecruiser - a class of six battlecruisers designed during World...

cruisers had been rendered obsolete by the Royal Navy's Invincible-class battlecruisers. Construction of these ships was abandoned under the terms of an...

on its battlecruiser designs since 1913 and watched the latest developments in this class with great care, responded with the Lexington class. If completed...

The Amagi class (天城型, Amagi-gata) was a series of four battlecruisers planned for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) as part of the Eight-eight fleet in...

The Ersatz Yorck class was a group of three battlecruisers ordered but not completed for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in 1916. The three...

(pennant number 51) was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy (RN). Hood was the first of the planned four Admiral-class battlecruisers to be built during the...

from 1917–1918 USS Lexington (CC-1), a Lexington-class battlecruiser, converted to CV-2 in 1922 USS Lexington (CV-2), a Lexington-class aircraft carrier...

USS Saratoga (CC-3), a never-completed Lexington-class battlecruiser converted into an aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3), a Lexington-class aircraft carrier commissioned...

United States ordered six Lexington-class battlecruisers in 1916 that were never built. The British and German battlecruisers were used extensively during...

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

partially built Lexington-class battlecruisers Lexington and Saratoga, freeing up their hulls for conversion to the aircraft carriers Lexington and Saratoga...

served from 1798 until 1865. USS United States (CC-6) was a Lexington-class battlecruiser canceled and scrapped when the vessel was only 12 percent complete...

Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-773-9. the original design for the Lexington-class battlecruiser would have shared this unique arrangement, as they called for...

scrapped. For battlecruisers, this encompassed the United States' Lexington class, Japan's Amagi class, and Great Britain's G3 battlecruisers. For the U...

defense until returned to her owner in 1919. Ranger (CC-5) was a Lexington-class battlecruiser renamed Constitution on 10 December 1917 and laid down in 1921...

acceptance, although it was used in the Lexington-class battlecruiser to great success after the two ships of that class which survived the Washington Naval...

J3 class battlecruiser was a design study conducted during the Royal Navy's 1921 Fleet modernization programme. As a follow-on to the Admiral-class battlecruiser...

caliber gun was the weapon chosen as the main armament on the Lexington-class battlecruiser when they were originally designed, but it was later switched...

experience with Ranger and the earlier Lexington class, which were conversions into carriers of two battlecruisers that were to be scrapped to comply with...

name for a planned new Lexington-class battlecruiser. The name Constitution was originally destined for the lead ship of the class, but was shuffled between...

new American ships (the Colorado-class battleships, South Dakota-class battleships and Lexington-class battlecruisers), took a qualitative step beyond...

Carrier (Medium) CG(X) Lexington-class battlecruiser Montana-class battleship Sea Control Ship Strike Cruiser South Dakota-class battleship USS United...

construction of ten battleships, six Lexington-class battlecruisers, ten Omaha-class scout cruisers, and 50 Wickes-class destroyers. A subsequent General...

The United States' 1916 program called for six Lexington-class battlecruisers and five South Dakota-class battleships; in December 1918, the administration...

States Navy as the main armament for the South Dakota-class battleships and Lexington-class battlecruisers. The successors to the 16"/45 caliber gun Mark I...

turbines in the same arrangement to have been used in the 1916 Lexington-class battlecruisers. The boilers were then rearranged several times so they were...