On the flight deck of the USS Lexington, American pilot Lt. Alexander Vraciu smiles as he holds up six finger to indicate the number of plane he shot...
Lieutenant John M. Clark waves the take-off flag for a Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat of Fighting Squadron Sixteen on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS...
Fighter plane takes off from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington for the defense of the island Tarawa, November 1943.
Group of soldiers gathered together in the Air Plot room of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Lexington, during World War 2, November 1943.
Pilots pleased over their victory during the Marshall Islands attack, grin across the tail of an F6F Hellcat on board the USS Lexington, after...
Last honors - the US Navy pays tribute to its dead and gives them last honors in the tradition of men who go to sea. Officers and men of the aircraft...
War and Conflict, Naval, pic: 1952, The American aircraft carrier USS "Lexington" pictured en-route to Pearl Harbour, showing a "Skyraider" jet being...
War and Conflict, World War Two, pic: 9th January 1945, The USS, "Lexington" pictured at sea with the flight deck and aircraft shown
War and Conflict, World War Two, Pacific Sea War, May 1942, The American aircraft carrier USS "Lexington" burning fiercely during the battle with the...
War and Conflict, World War Two, Pacific Sea War, May 1942, The American aircraft carrier USS "Lexington" burning fiercely during the battle with the...
War and Conflict, World War Two, Pacific Sea War, May 1942, The American aircraft carrier USS "Lexington" burning fiercely during the battle with the...
War and Conflict, World War II, Far East, pic: circa 1944, The pilot of a United States Navy Grumman F4F Wildcat fighter has a narrow escape as the...
War and Conflict, World War II, Far East, pic: 25th February 1945, The American pilot of this Hellcat fighter plane leaps for safety as the external...
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Lt. Cdr Paul D. Buie, C.O. Of a carrier based fighter squadron on board the USS Lexington . December 1, 1943
Lt. Cdr Paul D. Buie climbs from the cockpit of his F6F on board the USS Lexington . He has just returned from intercepting the enemy on the...
Lt. Commander A.F. Fleming, fighter director, plans strategy with his staff in the plot room of the USS Lexington on November 19 during a strike in...
Ens. Edward J. Ruciniski, pilot, tells his crewmates how he shot down three Japanese Zeros in the Marshall Islands. On the right is Lt. Eugene R....
The deck crew resopts planes on the deck of the USS Lexington . A battleship and the USS Yorktown in the background. November 1943
Pilots clamber out of cockpits on the aircraft carrier USS Lexington, jabbering or speaking in monosyllables according to temperament, following a...
The U.S. Aircraft carriers USS Ranger, USS Lexington and USS Saratoga off Honolulu. Ca. 1941-1945. | Location: off the coast of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Enterprise as seen from an SBD which has just taken off. The USS Lexington is at right in the background.
Guns manned and ready as a F6F fighter aircraft lands on the flight deck of the USS Lexington during the Japanese air attack on task force 58 in the...
The crew aboard the USS Lexington watch mail being hoisted aboard by breeches buoy from a destroyer on November 25 during action in the Marshall...
Offers on the USS Lexington plan for damage control during a battle in the South Pacific in November 1943. | Location: Near the Marshall Islands.
The Navy buries its dead at sea from the USS Lexington after being attacked by a Japanese kamikaze plane, ca. 1941-1945. | Location: aboard the USS...
Lt. A. Vraciu, USNR, pilot of Squadron VF 16, aboard the USS Lexington during the attack on Saipan in the Marianas. He has downed 19 Japanese planes....
Japanese "zeke" comes down in a suicide dive on the USS Lexington and strikes the secondary control with the resulting bomb explosion during the...
Lexington damaged in the Battle of the Coral Sea. About 1500. [?] Group all landed on board and deck spotted.
Ens. V. A. Prather directs the deck crew of the USS Lexington as they move a damaged plane out of the way. December 1943. | Location: USS Lexington.
Grumman F6F Hellcat taking off from the flight deck of the USS Lexington. November 1943. | Location: USS Lexington.
All USS Lexington hands stand at attention as two of their fellow crewmen are buried at sea. November 1943. | Location: USS Lexington.
Crewmen watching planes return to the USS Lexington after a mission against Mili. November 1943. | Location: USS Lexington.
Grumman F6F Hellcat that has just landed taxiing into position on the USS Lexington. November 1943. | Location: USS Lexington.
After a successful mission, a USS Lexington aircrewman turns in a report in the ready room. November 1943. | Location: USS Lexington.
Fighter director Lt. Comdr. A. F. Fleming and radarmen supervise air combat patrols during a strike on the Marshall and Gilbert islands from the air...
Personnel ofUSS Lexington celebrate Christmas with make-shift decorations and a firefighting, helmeted Santa Claus. December 1944.
Crewmen on the USS Lexington pull a plane with a flat tire out of the way so that another plane can land. November 1943. | Location: USS Lexington.
Lexington pilots lean on a Grumman F6F Hellcat wing after returning from a triumphant mission during the Marshall Islands attack. They shot down...
Commander Edward Steichen stands on a platform overlooking the deck of the USS Lexington. Propellor airplanes are on the deck.
Seated on the framework below the USS Lexington flight deck, Comdr. Edward Steichen takes photographs with a K-20 aerial camera. November or December...
Grumman F6F Hellcat waiting for the takeoff signal on the USS Lexington. December 1943. | Location: USS Lexington.