Lexington class AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
 
USN Aircraft Carrier CV-2 "Lexington"
Displacement:43,056 t (36,000 t Std)Machinery: 16 boilers, 4 shafts Flight Deck: 880 ft   268.2 m DP Guns: 12×1×5 in (127 mm)/25
Max Length: 888 ft 270.7 mMax Power: 180,000 hp 130 000 kWFighters: 21× F4F-3 Wildcat AA Guns: 12×4×1.1 in (28 mm)
Beam: 106 ft 32.3 mMax Speed: 33.25 kts 61.6 km/hBombers:36× SBD-3 Dauntless AA Guns: 32×1×.79 in (20 mm)
Draght: 30 ft 5 in 9.3 mRange: 10,000 nm 18 500 kmTorpedo: 13× TBD-1 Devastator AA MG's 28×1×.50 in (12.7 mm)

  * Antiarcraft armament and Air Group as during the Battle of Coral Sea (May 1942).

 

Ship Builder Laid Down    Launched    Commisioned    Fate
 CV-2 Lexington Fore River Ship & Engine Co., MA   8 Jan 1921   3 Oct 1925   14 Dec 1927   Sunk in action  8 May 1942
 CV-3 Saratoga  New York Shipbuilding Corp., NJ 25 Sep 1920   7 Apr 1925   16 Nov 1927   Sunk as target 25 Jul 1946