Lexington (Lexington-class) Photographs

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USS Saratoga (left) and USS Lexington (Lexington-class) at anchor off Honolulu, Hawaii, 2 Feb 1933. Note Royal Hawaiian Hotel on Waikiki beach and Diamond Head at right.	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

All three of the United States’ aircraft carriers entering San Francisco Bay in column, USS Lexington (Lexington-class) is followed by USS Ranger which is followed by USS Saratoga, 12 Nov 1936.	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	Fighting Squadron Three (VF-3), March 5, 1942. Standing, L to R: Mason, Clark, Sellstrom, Eder, Johnson, Lackey, Haynes, Stanley, Peterson, Dufilho, Lemmon. Sitting: Morgan, Vorse, Lovelace, Thach, Gayler, O'Hare, Rowell.