Lexington-class aircraft carrier

The Lexington-class aircraft carriers were a pair of aircraft carriers built for the United States Navy (USN) during the 1920s, the USS Lexington (CV-2) and USS Saratoga (CV-3). The ships were built on hulls originally laid down as battlecruisers after World War I, but under the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922, all U.S. battleship and battlecruiser construction was cancelled. The Treaty, however, allowed two of the unfinished ships to be converted to carriers. They were the first operational aircraft carriers in the USN and were used to develop carrier aviation tactics and procedures before World War II in a series of annual exercises.

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1925  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Lexington class
2 produced, 
aircraft carrier, Fore River Shipyard, United States Navy, United States, 

Flugzeugträger B, John F. Kennedy-class aircraft carrier, 

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  USS Saratoga ⓘ
  1925 Lexington-class aircraft carrier

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  USS Lexington ⓘ
  1925 Lexington-class aircraft carrier

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1925 Lexington-class aircraft carrier

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"16 Inch Guns for Our Dreadnaughts" - 80-WP-1002

USS Saratoga (CV-3) and USS Lexington (CV-2) off Oahu c1930

Lexington battlecruiser conversion models

Aircraft carrier silhouettes (Warships To-day, 1936)

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88225763 :Piction ID--Lexington Class Aircraft Carrier--

88225763 :Piction ID--Lexington Class Aircraft Carrier--

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
object	watercraft		USS Saratoga	Lexington-class aircraft carrier, battlecruiser, aircraft carrier	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		USS Lexington	Lexington-class aircraft carrier, shipwreck, battlecruiser, aircraft carrier	Wikidata
commons	image		"16 Inch Guns for Our Dreadnaughts" - 80-WP-1002		Commons
commons	image		USS Saratoga (CV-3) and USS Lexington (CV-2) off Oahu c1930		Commons
commons	image		Lexington battlecruiser conversion models		Commons
commons	image		Aircraft carrier silhouettes (Warships To-day, 1936)		Commons
commons	image		AL-135B JL Highfill Album Image (15136686347)		Commons
commons	image		AL-135B JL Highfill Album Image (15320108791)		Commons
commons	image		AL-135 JL Highfill Album Image (15350630802)		Commons
commons	image		AL-135 JL Highfill Album Image (15350937735)		Commons
commons	image		88225763 :Piction ID--Lexington Class Aircraft Carrier--		Commons
commons	image		88225763 :Piction ID--Lexington Class Aircraft Carrier--		Commons