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GRUMMAN F4F WILDCAT
Fleet F4F's had a folding wing spaning 38 feet and were 28 feet in length. They carried four Browning machine guns of .50 caliber and had a top speed of slightly over 300 mph.
Photo / data courtesy of :
Action Adventure Novels (HMS Thermopylae II) (http://temercraft.com/novels/thermpre.htm)
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CV-16 U.S.S. LEXINGTON
The fifth Lexington (CV-16) was laid down as Cabot 15 July 1941 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Mass., renamed Lexington 16 June 1942, launched 23 September 1942; and commissioned 17 February 1943.
After Caribbean shakedown and yard work at Boston, Lexington sailed for Pacific action via the Panama Canal, arriving Pearl Harbor 9 August 1943.
Photo / data courtesy of :
NavSource (http://www.cityscope.net/~pry/Archives/home.html)
The Lexington, known as "Lady Lex" and "The Blue Ghost", was decommissioned 06/01/92. Now a museum in Corpus Christi, Texas.
(Note: The Lexington (CV-2), was damaged by enemy fire in the Battle of The Coral Sea 7/8 May 1942 and was sunk - thus the new "Lexington (CV-16)).
