Image: USS Lexington (CVA-16) leaving the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, circa in September 1955
Description: The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CVA-16) steams out of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington (USA), circa in September 1955, headed for her initial sea trials after SCB-27C & -125 conversions. USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42), in the background, is well into her SCB-110 modernization. USS Midway (CVA-41), in the middle distance, is in the very early stages of (or being prepared for) her own SCB-110. Another Essex-class carrier is visible on the right, either USS Essex (CVA-9) or USS Yorktown (CVA-10) during their SCB-125 conversions.
Title: USS Lexington (CVA-16) leaving the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, circa in September 1955
Credit: U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News/[1] November 1955, p. 16. Also U.S. Navy photo [2] available at Navsource.org
Author: U.S. Navy
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