Uss Lexington Cv 2

Author : Phil Keith
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN 13 : 1627886621
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stay the Rising Sun written by Phil Keith and published by Quarto Publishing Group USA. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “well-written, superbly researched” account of a WWII aircraft carrier’s demise in the Pacific—and the legacy left by the “Lady Lex” (CPL Vincent L. Anderson, USMC, Marine Detachment, USS Lexington, survivor of the Battle of the Coral Sea). In May 1942, the United States’ first naval victory against the Japanese in the Coral Sea was marred by the loss of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington. Another carrier was nearly ready for launch when the news arrived, so the navy changed her name to Lexington, confusing the Japanese. The men of the original “Lady Lex” loved their ship and fought hard to protect her. They were also seeking revenge for the losses sustained at Pearl Harbor. Crippling attacks by the Japanese left her on fire and dead in the water. But a remarkable ninety percent of the crew made it off the burning decks before Lexington had to be abandoned. In all the annals of the Second World War, there is hardly a battle story more compelling. The ship’s legacy did not end with her demise, however. Although the battle was deemed a tactical success for the Japanese, it turned out to be a strategic loss: For the first time in the war, a Japanese invasion force was forced to retreat. The lessons learned by losing the Lexington at Coral Sea impacted tactics, air wing operations, damage control, and ship construction. Altogether, they forged a critical, positive turning point in the war. The ship that ushered in a new era in naval warfare might be gone, but fate decreed that her important legacy would live on.

Author : David Doyle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book United States Lexington CV-2 written by David Doyle and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Doyle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780897477154
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book USS Lexington CV-2 Squadron at Sea (34005) written by David Doyle and published by . This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Doyle
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
ISBN 13 : 9780764359255
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book USS Lexington (CV/CVA-16) written by David Doyle and published by Schiffer Military History. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USS Lexington (CV-16), a member of the famed Essex class of carriers that made up the backbone of the US Navy's carrier force in WWII, served its nation from WWII into the 1990s. With almost a half-million arrested landings recorded, arguably more naval aviators have landed on its decks than on any other aircraft carrier in the world. Scarred in battle during WWII, the Lexington earned considerable distinction in that war, participating in the sinking of over a million tons of enemy ships and downing hundreds of Japanese aircraft. The history of this famed vessel is presented through over 200 photographs and accompanying narrative. These photos, coupled with descriptive and informative captions, put the reader on the deck of this historic warship throughout its history.

Author : David Doyle
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
ISBN 13 : 9780764364907
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book USS Lexington (CV-2) written by David Doyle and published by Schiffer Military History. This book was released on 2022-10-28 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USS Lexington (CV-2) was just the second US Navy aircraft carrier produced. This Legends of Warfare illustrated history is the perfect companion to the author's earlier work on USS Lexington (CV-16).

Author : Steve Wiper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780982358337
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book USS Lexington CV-2 written by Steve Wiper and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Doyle
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
ISBN 13 : 9780764364662
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book USS Saratoga (CV-3) written by David Doyle and published by Schiffer Military History. This book was released on 2022-09-28 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated history of one of the US Navy's earliest aircraft carriers

Author : Military Lovers Journal
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781719054690
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book USS Lexington (CV-2) US Navy Aircraft Carrier Journal written by Military Lovers Journal and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-11 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journals are great for writing down ideas, taking notes, writing about travels and adventures, describing good and bad times. Writing down your thoughts and ideas is a great way to relieve stress. Journals are good for the soul!

Author : Leo Marriott
Publisher : Pen and Sword Maritime
ISBN 13 : 1526772159
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Essex Class Aircraft Carriers, 1943–1991 written by Leo Marriott and published by Pen and Sword Maritime. This book was released on 2020-12-02 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A photographic history of the US Essex-class aircraft carriers of World War II—including the USS Intrepid that now serves as a New York City museum. Essex-class aircraft carriers played an essential role in the victory of the United States over Japan in the Second World War, and Leo Marriott’s photographic history is a fascinating introduction to them. Without these remarkable ships, the island-hopping campaign of American forces across the Pacific towards Japan would not have been possible. They also took part in the Korean and Vietnam wars that followed. During the Second World War they were at the center of the powerful task groups that could put up hundreds of aircraft to support forces on the ground. They were also prime targets for Japanese air attacks, in particular the kamikaze suicide missions. A total of twenty-four were eventually commissioned including several after the end of the war. The selection of rare photographs and the expert text cover the evolution of US aircraft carrier design prior to the Second World War and look at the factors which shaped the design and construction of the Essex class. Included are dramatic action shots of the new breed of naval aircraft that was launched from their flight decks, including Hellcat and Corsair fighters that took on the Japanese and the carrier-borne jets that flew over Korea and Vietnam. “An outstanding book.” —Anchorwatch “A book that will surely delight all naval history enthusiasts because it well illustrates the importance that the aircraft carrier had in changing the way warfare is waged at sea.” —On the Old Barbed Wire

Author : Lisle A Rose
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612512097
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ship that Held the Line written by Lisle A Rose and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2012-04-15 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American fleet aircraft carrier Hornet is widely acknowledged for the contributions she made to the war effort. The Doolittle Raid, launched from the Hornet's deck, inaugurated America's Pacific counteroffensive and transformed the aircraft carrier into one of the world's prime strategic weapon systems. She was one of three carriers to participate in the victory at Midway and the fighting around Guadalcanal. Through the experiences of this key warship and the eyes of her crew and the aviators who flew from her deck, Lisle Rose recreates the first desperate year of the war in the Pacific. He tells how the Hornet was molded into a deadly weapon of war, how the ship was fought and ultimately lost, and what it was like to live aboard her at a time when the fate of the United States depended on the Navy's tiny carrier fleet. In chronicling the carrier's operational history, the author contends that the fate of the Hornet's air group at Midway remains one of the great controversies in modern naval history and that the ship's importance in helping to keep the Japanese juggernaut at bay during the most critical period of the Pacific war is incontestable. His arguments ring true today as the controversy continues. Rose succeeds both in letting the reader see things the way the men of the Hornet did and in placing their experiences in a broad historical context.