Lexington Class Aircraft Carriers Class Overview |
Name |
Builder |
Fate |
Notes |
Lexington CV-2 |
Fore River Shipbuilding |
Sunk May 8, 1942 |
Damaged by Japanese aircraft and scuttled by USS Phelps DD-360 |
Saratoga CV-3 |
New York Shipbuilding |
Sunk as target July 25, 1946 |
Operation Crossroads |
Both ships laid down as Battle Cruisers under the same names but, construction suspended Feb. 8, 1922 due |