95 years ago aboard USS Lexington CV-2
#otd A Martin T4M torpedo plane, of VT-1S on the flight deck of USS Lexington CV-2, on 8 December 1928. Can you believe this is 95 years...
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...
Launching of USS Lexington CC-1, later CV-2 (1925)
#otd USS Lexington CC-1 later CV-2 was launched, 3 October 1925. At the time she was the longest vessel in the world, the biggest ship...
USS Lexington CV-2 (1936)
#otd USS Lexington CV-2 at Long Beach, California, 17 September 1936. #usslexington #cv2 #flynavy #aviationsafari #aviationpreservation...
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,...
USS Lexington CVA-16 (1961)
Flashback to USS Lexington CVA-16 launching a North American FJ-4B 143524 Fury from either VA-212 or VA-216 in April 1961. #usslexington...
Catapult Bridle Recovery
Here is a look back at flight deck crewmen as they retrieve a catapult bridle used in the launch of the T-2C Buckeye USS Lexington AVT-16...
