Lexington (Lexington-class) Photographs

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All three of the United States Navy’s aircraft carriers at the time, Langley, Saratoga, and Lexington, along with battleships and cruisers at anchor in Colon, Panama Canal Zone, roughly 1935.	USS Lexington underway, circa early 1930s; note one aircraft having just taken off

USS Saratoga (foreground), USS Langley (center), USS Lexington (background) and other warships off San Pedro, California, United States, 1930s	USS Lexington (left), USS Ranger (center), USS Langley (lower center), USS Saratoga (right), and other warships at anchor off Panama, 1936

USS Ranger (foreground), USS Lexington (center), and USS Saratoga (background) at anchor off Honolulu, US Territory of Hawaii, 8 Apr 1936	Rear Admiral Ernest King arrived aboard carrier Lexington via SOC-1 Seagull aircraft, 2 Jun 1936

Lexington off Long Beach, California, 17 Sep 1936, with crewmembers spelling out 'NAVY' on her flight deck	USS New Mexico and USS Lexington, Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, 1937

USS Lexington at anchor off Honolulu, Hawaii, 8 Apr 1938	USS Ranger (foreground), USS Lexington (center), and USS Saratoga (background) at anchor off Honolulu, US Territory of Hawaii, 8 Apr 1938 during the exercise Fleet problem XIX. Photo 1 of 2

USS Ranger (foreground), USS Lexington (center), and USS Saratoga (background) at anchor off Honolulu, US Territory of Hawaii, 8 Apr 1938 during the exercise Fleet problem XIX. Photo 2 of 2	USS Lexington (Lexington-class) underway and recovering aircraft, circa 1937 to 1939

Aerial view of the piers and drydocks at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, 1940.	Flight deck crew pushing a SBD-2 Dauntless aircraft into position aboard USS Lexington, 1941

Aerial view of Ford Island in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 7 Jan 1941. Note the Pearl Harbor Naval Operating Base in the foreground and the carrier USS Lexington (Lexington-class) on the far side of Ford Island.	Lexington leaving San Diego, California, 14 Oct 1941, with F2A-1 fighters parked forward, SBD scout-bombers amidships, and TBD-1 torpedo bombers aft

Vertical aerial photograph of Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 10 Nov 1941; note Battleship Row on top, USS Lexington at bottom, and PBY aircraft at upper right	A destroyer pulled beside Lexington to help evacuate the men, 8 May 1942

A whaleboat and a motor launch evacuated Lexington, 8 May 1942; TBD, SBD and F4F aircraft could be seen on the flight deck	A whaleboat evacuating men from USS Lexington, 8 May 1942, photo 1 of 2