The Langley was the only ship in her class, although a second collier to aircraft carrier conversion had been planned, but ultimately scrapped in favor of the Lexington-class carrier design ...

is perhaps the most famous carrier in this class, boasting the most battle stars of any vessel in WWII. The Lexington-class aircraft carriers were some of the largest in the U.S. Navy by crew ...

Navy pilot John Leppla was credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft in aerial combat before he was shot down and ...

The Washington Naval Treaty actively encouraged similar behavior in Japan and the United States, leading to the conversion ...

Obviously, as an aircraft carrier we're representing the history of naval aviation, but it's really more than that. In this community with a lot of military support here, the Lexington really does ...

View on the flight deck of carrier Lexington during the Battle of the ... As U.S. forces headed toward the Japanese fleet, U.S. aircraft passed Japanese planes en route to attack their task ...