#uss lexington

[dronescapesvideos]

F6F Hellcats warming up on the deck of USS Lexington CV-16, en route near New Guinea, early April 1944

VIDEO ➤➤ https://youtu.be/15HLOfODKGo

[lonestarbattleship]

Loading drop tanks on Curtiss SB2C Helldivers aboard USS LEXINGTON (CV-16) before a search mission.

Date: October 25, 1944

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: 80-G-284381

[carbone14]

Le porte-avions USS Enterprise (CV-6) et derrière le porte-avions USS Lexington (CV-16) – Guerre du Pacifique – Océan Pacifique - Juin 1944

©U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation - 1996.488.272.019

[sweetwhispersofchaos]

Saw something cool today! F14 used in the first Top Gun movie for Maverick and Goose!

[cuddles-with-dragons]

so uh today I got to visit the USS Lexington and

THEY HAD THE PLANE USED IN TOP GUN

NOT JUST A F-14 TOMCAT BUT THE ACTUAL PLANE USED IN THE MOVIE WITH MAVERICK AND GOOSE'S NAMES ON THE SIDE

I freaked out when I saw it.

On a semi unrelated note, it's really nice on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. Windy, chilly, I loved it. Mainly because the inside of the ship was so fucking hot.

I also got to see a scale model of the USS Hornet, the aircraft carrier used in the Doolittle Raid. Read the NHHT book on it and became very fascinated.

sorry if it seems like I'm bragging just wanted to share my excitement

[ghostwarriorrrr]

TBMs run up their engine on the flight deck of USS Lexington (CV-16) during operations off Palau, March 30-31, 1944

[hussarregiment]

girls (Source: NavSource, 1933)

[alphamecha-mkii]

USS Lexington (Refit!Constitution Class) by Joey Bonice

[halltastic]

USS Lexington

The USS Lexington Museum on the Bay, located in Corpus Christi, Texas

[ascender56]

The U.S.S. Saladin, U.S.S. Lexington. and U.S.S. Enterprise gather for a joint mission. I wonder what they're doing?

[osinfulserpent]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 碧蓝航线 | Azur Lane (Video Game) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Lexington/Zuikaku (Azur Lane), Implied Zuikaku/USS Enterprise (Azur Lane) Characters: Zuikaku (Azur Lane), Lexington (Azur Lane) Additional Tags: Fluff, Coffee Shops, First Dates, Accidental Relationship, Double Drabble Series: Part 12 of femslash feb 2024 Summary:

Zuikaku has had karma catch up with her. This will not stop her from trying to woo Lexington. Zuikaku is a disaster with dates. This doesn't stop Lexington from wooing her.

[lonestarbattleship]

On October 3, 1925, Lexington (CV-2) was launched at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts. She was sponsored and christened by Mrs. Theodore D. Robinson, wife of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy.

"At the time she was the longest vessel in the world, the biggest ship ever constructed in this country and the fastest vessel afloat (destroyers excepted)."

NHHC: NH 69053, 80-CF-21126-3, 80-CF-21126-6, 80-CF-21126-4, 80-CF-21126-2, 80-CF-21126-1

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[carbone14]

Un destroyer et le USS Lexington (CV-2) bord à bord pendant l'évacuation de l'équipage du porte-avions – Bataille de la mer de Corail – Campagne de Nouvelle-Guinée – Guerre du Pacifique – 8 mai 1942

Photographe : Official U.S. Navy Photograph

©Naval History and Heritage Command - 80-G-7398

[usafphantom2]

WWII by Linh Yoshimura Via Flickr: Pilots pleased over their victory during the Marshall Islands attack, grin across the tail of an F6F Hellcat on board the USS LEXINGTON, after shooting down 17 out of 20 Japanese planes heading for Tarawa." Comdr. Edward Steichen, November 1943. US National Archives Photo

[roosterarts]

A bit late, but yesterday was the anniversary of the loss of the USS Lexington. Heavily damaged during the battle of the Coral Sea, the Lexington was scuttled by the US Navy on May 8, 1942.

The art here is an old piece that I did a while back but forgot to post.

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“JAPS LOST 16 OUT OF 18 BOMBERS IN ATTACK ON U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER,” Toronto Star. April 1, 1942. Page 37. ---- U.S. ACE BAGS SIX ENEMY BOMBERS IN PACIFIC ENGAGEMENT --- Vicious anti-aircraft fire from protecting naval vessels fills the sky marks where a Jap plane burns. After being disabled by a U.S. flier, above a United States aircraft carrier "somewhere in the Pacific," as a Lieut. Edward O'Hare, it attempted a suicide dive on the carrier, but heavy Japanese bomber raid is driven off. Sixteen out of 18 of the was stopped short of 200 yards away by concentrated anti-aircraft fire. attacking bombers were destroyed. The black smudge on the horizon O'Hare is credited with destroying six of the 18 planes shot down.