Lexington (CVA 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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LEXINGTON. . . A PROUD NAME Named for the first battle of the Revolutionary War, fought at Lexington, Massachusetts on April 19, 1775. The famous Minutemert, farmers who were ready to leave their plows at a minutegs notice, fought to repulse a force of British regulars attempting to seize the colonists' powder supply. 26 September, 1942 rf.-,L vs za ' ' f 'ff-rafirfarizst 37 . f -' - K . ji-alyfg , - Q.:-U.-. L'2-IQ: - .w , V 5515153 I: :.pr'C?ZQ1- vi. !?jJ,4f1' ' 'gf-.f'1:,3 'I 2 .J . 'Tf-, J 1 ' f,., L' ' , - ',9'+S'9,:. ,-ggi- ..-iff - 1, f-3-gt':.5yFcf- gr-'f'ri,f vgv.,',-1-'.w',ja-ry.11 1. -. I I 4 I V- ' 2 412 ftja- ,,Lfi?iffJ3f5', iii-5 , - 213505 ,1hl'r':3Ly,.2f'7yfa'- 'f fl' 3. in , -' K ,'r,Q,',.-qv.. gi' 1 3 s -e gg? wfqgr-1-ix rt,-lip .vw +G, ng - .ge gl. 3 ': - . v ,ff an ,,, 1, 5 ' - - , V 'l'4-.:-IFE. aiu' 'mpg 54f,:g1s.i'15',w 5:'. ?Q-.qw-i,p'-tY:, V 'V Q. ' f U: g , g I ' ' I 1 f 1 ,,vg.. A445 .VJ - ,u'Ig,. .K J? .,f,,,::.,Wg. ,,,, '-,Wg MMM ,!,,.,G.1,k.,,.,. uh, ,, , ' .. . , ,h , f - W .1.,.56i.s 'f- 2141...-.1 'wzpwif.xg.:.L: ' ' ',I.,,--,...,. ,..,....-.-.L.1, , .J The USS LEXINGTON QCVA-16j was recommissioned in August 1955, having been placed in preserve at the end of World War Il. Modernized with angled flight deck, steam catapults, and mirror landing systems, the LEXINGTON is' a mobile air base capable of launching any carrier-based aircraft, including twin-engine jet bombers. The history of ships bearing the name LEXINGTON is as long and dramatic as the U. S. Navy itself. l From 1775, until today, the national ensign has flown from Eve successive LEXINGTONS. Through the Revolutionary War, the Mexican War, and the Civil War, a LEXINGTON Was in action. The outbreak of World War II found the fourth USS LEXINGTON QGV-221 and her sister ship, the USS SARATOGA, the first aircraft carriers built by the U. S. Navy, in the Pacific. Her many strikes took a steady toll of enemy warships and aircraft. The LEXINGTON compiled a brilliant combat record before she was sunk during the Battle of the Coral Sea, May 9, 1942, the result of torpedo and bomb damage. Sixteen months later the present LEXINGTON fone of the first H ESSEX Class carriersj appeared in the Pacific, participating in nearly every remaining campaign and avenging her predecessor. The enemy promptly dubbed her the at BLUE GHOST? P By the end of the War, the USS LEXINGTON QGVA-16j had destroyed more than 850 enemy planes. She sank 300,000 tons of shipping and damaged another 300,000 tons. Since recommissioning in 1955, the LEXQNGTON has alternated between carrier pilot qualifications on the West 'Coast and deployments in the Far East as a member of the SEVENTH FLEET. But no matter Where or what her immediate job is, her long range objective is to maintain the peace she fought so hard to Win. In crises such as Formosa and Laos, the modern MINUTEMEN of the USS LEXINGTON were ready, thus proving themselves Worthy descendants ofthe illustrious Massachusetts patriots whose battleground gave the ship its name.

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