6 in a day
#otd Lieutenant Junior Grade Alexander Vraciu, USNR; fighting squadron 16 "Ace", holds up six fingers to signify his "kills" during the...
Chem trails in WWII
Chem trails have been around a long time, jk. #otd Battle of The Philippine Sea, 19 June 1944. Vapor trails left by fighter planes during...
Whale Action!
How about some Sunday night Whale action.. Here is a Douglas A3D Skywarrior of VAH-8, from USS Lexington CVA-16 launching off the port...
USS Lexington AVT-16 (1987)
Per request, USS Lexington AVT-16 underway in 1987. #usslexington #cv16 #avt16 #navalsafari #aviationsafari #aviationpreservation...
SB2C-3 Helldivers (1945)
#otd two SB2C-3 Helldiver bombers from USS Lexington CV-16 fly over task force 58, enroute to Tokyo for their first raid on that city, 16...
USS Lexington’s long journey
Per request, USS Lexington CVA-16 having departed Puget Sound Naval Shipyard after her SBC-27C and SCB-125 conversions in September 1955....
USS Lexington CV-16 (1943)
Flight deck crewmen spot a pair of Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless aboard USS Lexington CV-16 at the aft end of the flight deck in preparation...
Battle of Leyte Gulf
#otd we look back to wounded pilot, Ensign A.A. Brauer, USNR, from his F6F aboard USS Lexington CV-16 after a strike on the Japanese...
Tarawa-Makin Raid
#otd Tarawa-Makin Raid, September 1943. Douglas SBD-5’s of VB-16 on USS Lexington's CV-16 flight deck after returning from raids on...
USS Lexington CVA-16 (1958)
USS Lexington CVA-16 arriving in San Francisco Bay, early 1958, after a four and one-half month overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard,...
