The pre-war aircraft carrier, USS Lexington CV-2, was sunk on Aug. 5, 1942 in the Battle of the Coral Sea. Her name sake, Essex Class carrier, USS Lexington CV-16, was commisioned on Mar. 17, 1943, served thru-out the war and is now in a museum in Corpi Cristi, TX.
To name a few: USS Bismarck Sea USS Lexington USS Yorktown USS Hornet USS Wasp USS Princeton USS Gambier Bay USS St. Lo USS Liscome Bay
No the USS Maine was sunk by internal combustion in the Spanish American War
The USS Lexington (lost at the Battle of the Coral Sea) was 888 feet long.
"Midway" , she also appeared in the TV miniseries "War And Remembrance" .
The naval battle during the American Civil War that involved the clash between the USS Merrimack and the USS Monitor was the Battle of Hampton Roads.
The USS Lexington (CV-2): Captain Albert W. Marshall (Sunk in 1942) The USS Lexington (CV-16): Captain Felix Stump (Retired in 1991) Note: The CV-16 was created as a replacement for the CV-2; hence the name stay.
Yes , the USS Lexington (CV-2) did serve in WW2 and was sunk during the Battle of the Coral Sea , 8 May 1942 .
The USN permanently lost: 1. Battleships USS Arizona, USS Utah, and USS Oklahoma. 2. Aircraft Carriers USS Lexington (at Coral Sea); USS Yorktown (at Midway); USS Hornet (at Santa Cruz Islands); USS Wasp (at Guadalcanal). 3. LIGHT Aircraft Carrier USS Princeton. 4. Six CVE's, Escort Carriers aka "Jeep Carriers."
The USS Missouri, a US battleship from the war.
5. The USS Atik, the USS Asterion, the USS Big Horn, The USS Captor, and the USS Irene Forstyle.
USS Arizona, USS Utah, and USS Oklahoma are still on the bottom. However, the battleships USS Pennsylvania, USS New York, USS Nevada, and USS Arkansas are also on the bottom...sunk as targets after the war.
The USS RANDOLPH earned three battle stars for World War II service.