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an old drawing of a large ship with many details on it's side and sides
Lexington was designed and built in the early 1920s, and the Navy envisioned its carriers possibly having to fight traditional naval actions against other warships. By 1940 carrier airpower had made this idea obsolete, and Lexington and her sister ship Saratoga had the 8-inch gun turrets removed during a refit period in 1942 at Pearl Harbor, replacing them with 5-inch guns for anti-aircraft use. Uss Lexington, Navy Carriers, Battle Ships, Scale Model Ships, Navy Aircraft Carrier, Uss Arizona, Us Navy Ships, Merchant Marine, Aircraft Carriers
8-inch gun turrets on USS Lexington CV-2.
Lexington was designed and built in the early 1920s, and the Navy envisioned its carriers possibly having to fight traditional naval actions against other warships. By 1940 carrier airpower had made this idea obsolete, and Lexington and her sister ship Saratoga had the 8-inch gun turrets removed during a refit period in 1942 at Pearl Harbor, replacing them with 5-inch guns for anti-aircraft use.
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