The U S Lexington found
Mar 6, 2018 09:12:19 #
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Mar 6, 2018 18:59:06 #
Yes. She was one of two would be battlecruisers (the other was the Saratoga) completed as aircraft carriers under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1921. They were CV-2 and CV-3 (our 2nd and 3rd fleet aircraft carriers) and were used throughout the 1920s and 1930s to develop doctrine for how carriers and their aircraft would be integrated with the fleet. She was happily not at Pearl Harbor during the attack and participated in several raids on Japanese held islands early in 1942. She was sunk by Japanese carrier aircraft during the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942–the first pure carrier vs carrier battle. It was a tactical defeat for the U.S. in that we lost the Lexington sunk and Yorktown damaged in exchange for a Japanese light carrier sunk and a fleet carrier damaged, but stopped a Japanese advance and helped set up Midway. Two hundred and sixteen of Lexinton’s crewmen were killed (I don’t think that includes men lost in her aircraft).
Mar 7, 2018 07:09:34 #
Leo Perez wrote:
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/03/05/uss-lexington-discovered-by-billionaire-paul-allens-crew-76-years-after-wwii-sinking.html
Good for him! I wonder if there will be any follow-up.
Mar 7, 2018 07:52:58 #
Mar 7, 2018 07:54:53 #
It is amazing the things that can be done with todays technology. Back when Lexington went down I am sure those that were there thought no human would ever lay eyes on her again. Mr. Allen has provided us with the opportunity to see her and most of all to reflect on the supreme sacrifice of those that perished aboard her. As an ex Navy airdale I thank him for putting forth the time, money and effort in this endeavor.
Mar 7, 2018 14:32:22 #
In all the coverage of this story they refer to the Lexington as the "Lady Lex" yet In the past I can't recall ever hearing that name. AFAIK the Lexington was always called the "Fighting Lady."
Mar 7, 2018 15:07:23 #
A friend of mine reminded me that the Lexington is docked in Corpus Christi, Texas. Someone set me straight on how the second CV-16 ended there.
Mar 7, 2018 15:49:17 #
Leo Perez wrote:
A friend of mine reminded me that the Lexington is docked in Corpus Christi, Texas. Someone set me straight on how the second CV-16 ended there.
Do a search for USS Lexington CV-16. Read all about it.
Mar 7, 2018 18:08:32 #
df61743
Loc: Corpus Christi, TX
Leo Perez wrote:
A friend of mine reminded me that the Lexington is docked in Corpus Christi, Texas. Someone set me straight on how the second CV-16 ended there.
The Corpus Christi Naval Air Station's mission is training Naval aviators. The Lexington often operated in the Gulf of Mexico just offshore of Corpus Christi, for student pilots to do their aircraft carrier landing training and qualification. That is why it is now a tourist attraction in Corpus Christi.
Dick
Mar 7, 2018 22:55:32 #
rustfarmer wrote:
Faux news? Oh please.
Who peed in your cornflakes?
Mar 7, 2018 23:29:48 #
df61743
Loc: Corpus Christi, TX
bw79st wrote:
In all the coverage of this story they refer to the Lexington as the "Lady Lex" yet In the past I can't recall ever hearing that name. AFAIK the Lexington was always called the "Fighting Lady."
USS Lexington was nicknamed "The Blue Ghost"
It was reported, no less than four times, that USS LEXINGTON had been sunk. Japanese propaganda radio broadcasts, typically called Tokyo Rose, nicknamed her the Blue Ghost because she just kept coming back...and the paint helped too.
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