USS Lexington CV-2 Squadron at Sea

by David Doyle

Book Overview

The USS Lexington, affectionately referred to as "Lady Lex," was the US Navy's second aircraft carrier. Laid down as the lead ship of the Lexington-class battlecruisers, which were to have been the world's most powerful warships, the Washington Naval Treaty forbade her completion as such, but permitted her to be finished as an aircraft carrier. Commissioned on 14 December 1927, Lexington, with her fabric-covered biplanes deployed to the Pacific. Through...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897477154
• ISBN13: 9780897477154
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: MMD-Squadron Signal
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 10.8" x 8.2"