The USS Lexington (CV-2), nicknamed "Lady Lex", was a Lexington class aircraft carrier that was fielded by the United States Navy. It was the lead ship for the Lexington class, however her sister ship, the USS Saratoga, was commissioned a month earlier.
USS Wasp (CV-7) was an aircraft carrier used by the United States Navy, commissioned in 1940 and lost in action in 1942. She was the eighth ship to be named Wasp, and the sole ship of a class built to use up the remaining tonnage allowed in the United St
(1) To put it simply, when it comes to data about WW2 ships everything seems to be a bit off. Many sources differ all the time. I have like 3 different crew values for the USS Enterprise, basically every book, website and Wikipedia has one or several different values. (2) Fu...
This story begins in late 1942 when the United States Navy found itself in a precarious situation in the war with the Japanese Empire. At theBattle of the Santa Cruz Islands, the aircraft carrier USSHornetwas sunk and the USSEnterprisewas severely damaged, temporarily putting it out of action....
Using a wealth of archival footage, much of it in color, THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER goes into battle and below decks with the Essex carriers, including the USS Yorktown, showing what it was like to serve aboard these floating cities during the greatest conflict in mankind's history. Own, VICTORY...
Owens (DD-776) Willard Keith performed plane guard services for two weeks with the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney as that ship conducted flight operations. During the course of the tour Willard Keith visited the ports of Sasebo and Yokosuka Japan Inchon Korea; and Buckner Bay Okinawa. ...
Stay updated with WW2DB: RSS Feeds Visitor Submitted Comments 1. David Stubblebine says:13 Apr 2023 02:26:24 PMNote the radar dome on the right wings of the Corsairs. This is what identifies them as Night Fighters. This was among the first operational carrier deployments of the Corsairs whe...
During the Battle of the Coral Sea, she tried to save the crippled carrier USS Lexington; she was responsible for evacuating crew members once it was apparent the old carrier could not be saved. She later escorted Yorktown during the Midway battle, but was detached to join the Enterprise ...