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naw- , The fourth LEXINGTON was an air- craft carrier built by the Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation of Quincy, Massachusetts. Originally assigned the name CONSTITUTION, the name was changed to LEXINGTON December 10, 1917. Originally designed as a battle cruiser, her keel was laid January 8, 1921, but work was suspended because of the limita- tions of naval armament as stated in the Washington Treaty. On July 1, 1922 Congress authorized conversion of LEXINGTON to an aircraft car- rier. She was launched October 3, 1925 under the sponsorship of Mrs. Theodore Douglas Robinson, wife of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. In the spring of every year during the 30's, LEXINGTON participated in Fleet exercises which lasted two weeks. In July 1937, LEXINGTON aircraft participated in the futile search for Amelia Earhart following her disap- pearance during a trans-Pacific flight. LEXINGTON had an overall length of 888 feetg extreme beam, 106 feet, mean draft, 24 feet, lk inchesg full load displacement of 41,000 tons, trial speed 34.24 knots, total complement, 2121 officers and men. She was armed with eight 8-inch .55 caliber breech- loading rifles, twelve 5-inch .25 cali- ber anti-aircraft guns and four 6- pounder saluting guns. She was com- missioned December 14, 1927 at Quincy, Massachusetts.
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' The third LEXINGTON was built as a side-wheel steamer at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1860, for freight and passenger service between that city and New Orleans, Louisiana. She was purchased for the War Department by Commodore John Rodgers at Cincin- nati, Ohio, for 320,666.66 during June 1861. She was converted to a gunboat by raising perpendicular oak bulwarks around her sides for defense against musketry, dropping the boilers into holds and placing the steam pipes as low as possible. LEXINGTON had an overall length of 177 feet, 7 inches, tonnage, 448, and a maximum speed of 7 knots. She was armed with four 8-inch smooth- bores and two 32-pounders of 43 cen- terweight. The gunboat joined the Western Flo- tilla at Cairo, Illinois, August 12, 1861. She was decommissioned in Mound City, Illinois July 2, 1865. USS LEXINGTON 1860 1325 5
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