| Aircraft Carrier USS Lexington 1935 Contributor(s): Cestra, Carlo (Author) |
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ISBN: 8395157517 ISBN-13: 9788395157516 Publisher: Kagero OUR PRICE: $33.26 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Crafts & Hobbies | Models - History | Military - Naval - History | Military - United States |
| Series: Super Drawings in 3D |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 8.4" W x 11.7" (0.80 lbs) 92 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The USS Lexington (CV-2) was the second aircraft carrier of Lexington class built by the United States, but the first used operationally; in fact the first was the USS Langley, but as an aircraft carrier she served only as an experimental ship. The history of the USS Lexington was troubled: in fact it was designed in 1916 to be an atypical battle cruiser, as little armored, but with heavy cannons. Because of the Washington Treaty of 1922 about the reduction of naval armaments, she was reclassified and converted into an aircraft carrier, capable of carrying a flight of 85 aircraft. |