Image: USS Lexington (CVS-16) underway in the 1960s
Size of this preview: 800 × 521 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 208 pixels | 2,511 × 1,635 pixels.
Original image (2,511 × 1,635 pixels, file size: 2.81 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Description: The U.S. Navy training aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CVS-16) underway. Note that the ship is still equipped with Mk 24 12.7 cm/38 open gun mounts that were removed in 1969. She also still carries her full radar complement (SPS-8A, SPS-12 and SPS-43) that was installed in 1961.
Title: USS Lexington (CVS-16) underway in the 1960s
Credit: This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 6408745.
Author: USN
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No
Image usage
The following page links to this image:
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise.
_underway_in_the_1960s.JPEG){kind=link}