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The Lexington-class aircraft carrier was a class of two aircraft carriers used by the United States Navy during World War II. These aircraft carriers were originally designed as Lexington-class battle cruisers, however the Washington Naval Treaty prevented their construction as such. As a result, only two unfinished ships, the USS Lexington and the USS Saratoga, were redesignated as a new class of aircraft carriers, keeping the name Lexington.
Ordered as aircraft carriers on 30 October 1922, both ships were launched on 7 April 1925 and commissioned 6 November 1927.[1]
↑Gunston, Bill (Forward). Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II. Tiger Books. 1989. ISBN 1-85501-996-5. (Reprint of Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1945/1946. Bridgeman, Leonard (Editor). 1946). Page 58
USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) • USS Franklin (CV-13) • USS Lexington (CV-16) • USS Wasp (CV-18) • USS Yorktown (CV-10) • USS Essex (CV-9) • USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) • USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) • USS Boxer (CV-21) • USS Bennington (CV-20) • USS Champlain (CV-39) • USS Randolph (CV-15) • USS Hancock (CV-19) • USS Hornet (CV-12) • USS Intrepid (CV-11) • USS Shangri-La (CV-38)
USS Princeton (CVL-23) • USS Cowpens (CVL-25) • USS Cabot (CVL-28) • USS Bataan (CVL-29) • USS Langley (CVL-27) • USS Bellau Wood (CVL-24) • USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) • USS Independence (CVL-22) • USS Monterey (CVL-26)
