When commissioned on December 14, 1927, USS Lexington and her
sister ship, USS Saratoga, were the world's largest aircraft
carriers. The Lexington-class carriers, as the ships were known,
were the results of an effort akin to making lemonade from lemons.
Both vessels were begun in 1920-21 as Lexington-class battle
cruisers. Lexington, originally designated CC-1 (indicating battle
cruiser), would have been a formidable warship armed with eight
16-inch guns in four turrets. The Washington Naval Treaty of 1922
banned the constructions of such ships but permitted the conversion
of such hulls into aircraft carriers. Accordingly, the "Lady Lex,"
as she became known to her crew, was finished as a massive
888-foot-long aircraft carrier and retained the originally planned
revolutionary turboelectric drive. From the outset, Lexington,
initially carrying fabric-covered biplanes, was assigned to the
Pacific Fleet. In the years leading up to WWII, both the ship and
her aircraft were modernized. This profusely illustrated book, an
expanded and updated version of the author's earlier work, puts the
reader on the deck of Lexington through her construction,
evolution, and ultimate May 8, 1942, sinking at the Battle of Coral
Sea and finishes with the discovery of her wreck on March 4, 2018.
Over 200 photos, numerous line drawings, and color renderings
illustrate this new entry in the Legends of Warfare series.
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