USS Lexington



USS Lexington under attack by the Japanese planes USS Lexington under attack by the Japanese planes USS Lexington under attack by the Japanese planes USS Lexington under attack by the Japanese planes USS Lexington under attack by the Japanese planes
USS Lexington under attack by the Japanese planes USS Lexington under attack by the Japanese planes USS Lexington under attack by the Japanese planes USS Lexington under attack by the Japanese planes USS Lexington under attack by the Japanese planes
USS Lexington being launched USS Lexington being launched Pilots on the USS Lexington Plane on the deck of USS Lexington
Superstructure of the USS Lexington Planes on the USS Lexington Crew of USS Lexington of USS Lexington
of USS Lexington Planes on the deck of the of USS Lexington 15296.jpg (76kb) 15297.jpg (54kb) 15301.jpg (59kb)
of USS Lexington of USS Lexington of USS Lexington Planes on the deck of the of USS Lexington Planes on the deck of the of USS Lexington
Planes on the deck of the of USS Lexington USS Lexington Pilots on USS Lexington Flag on the USS Lexington Guns on the USS Lexington



 

 

 

CV-2 CV -16

displacement: 41,000 tons
length: 888 feet
beam: 105½ feet
draft: 32 feet
speed: 34¼ knots
complement: 2,122 crew
armament: 8 eight-inch and 12 five-inch guns
aircraft: 81
class: Lexington

Commissioned: December 14, 1927
Sunk: May 8th 1942 at Battle of the Coral Sea.

For full delatils on the USS Lexington's tour click here to see the Offical website of the United States Navy

displacement: 27,100 tons
length: 872 feet
beam: 93 feet; extreme beam: 192 feet
draft: 28 feet 7 inches
speed: 32.7 knots
complement: 3,748 crew
armament: 12 five-inch guns, 68 40mm guns
aircraft: 103
class: Essex

Commissioned: February 17, 1943 
Decommissioned:  November 8, 1991 now used as a museum.

For full detail of the USS Lexington see the Official Website of the United States Navy.

 

 


Naval Color Picture Collection

Aircraft Carriers     Amphibious Craft      Battleships     Naval Planes     Naval Ships 
   Naval Bases    Places    Miscellaneous    Miscellaneous #2  

 

 

Color Pictures of United States Aircraft Carriers of World War II

Aircraft Carrier Crew      Carrier Operations     Flag men on Aircraft Carriers    Planes on Aircraft Carriers     Other Aircraft Pictures
USS Altamaha   USS Antietam   USS Bennington   USS Bunker Hill   USS Charger   USS Cowpens   USS Enterprise
USS Essex   USS Franklin   USS Hornet   USS Intrepid   USS Lexington   USS Makin Island   USS Matanikua   USS Midway
USS Randolph   USS Ranger   USS Sangamon   USS Santee   USS Saratoga   USS Ticonderoga   USS Wasp   USS Yorktown

 

 

 

 

 

newComplete Naval Color Slides of World War II
Collection from National Archivesnew

NEW -   Aircraft Carriers     Amphibious Craft      Battleships     Naval Planes     Naval Ships 
   Naval Bases    Places    Miscellaneous    Miscellaneous #2   - NEW

 

  
 

Search History Link 101

  

  

  

Javascript DHTML Drop Down Menu Powered by dhtml-menu-builder.com


 

 

 

Copyright © 2000-2009 All Rights Reserved by Eric Rymer.

Contact Us:  Suggest a Site - General Comments

 

Page Views Since January 2004