1927 to 1942 - LEXINGTON (CV2) - Lexington Clss Aircraft Carrier - 52600 tons - 270.7 x 32.8 - 1927 Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, MA - 8x8in., 12x5in., 78 a/c - 33 knots - 1927 Pacific Fleet, 07/12/41 absent from Pearl Harbour on aircraft ferry mission, 10/02/42 Rabaul, 03/42 Lae/Salamaua, 08/05/42 Battle of the Coral Sea, hit by 2 torpedoes and 2 bombs, set afire, sank, 215 dead - posted November 26th, 1934 - seen here squeezing into the Miraflores Locks - US Navy warships were built to fit within the dimensions of the Canal locks - posted November 26th, 1934.
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