USS Lexington (CV-2)
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USS Lexington (CV-2) was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier of the early World War II era that played a major role in Pacific operations before being lost in the Battle of the Coral Sea.
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Lexington-class aircraft carrier
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United States Navy ship → aircraft carrier → warship → |
| airGroupSize | approximately 70–90 aircraft → |
| armament |
5-inch anti-aircraft guns
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8 × 8-inch guns (early configuration) → light anti-aircraft guns → |
| awards | 2 battle stars for World War II service → |
| beam | approximately 106 feet at waterline → |
| commissioned | 1927-12-14 → |
| conflict | World War II → |
| conversionFrom | battlecruiser hull → |
| country | United States of America → |
| crewComplement | approximately 2,000 officers and men → |
| decommissioned | 1942-06-24 → |
| displacement | about 36,000 long tons standard → |
| fate | sunk in battle → |
| foundWreck | 2018-03-04 → |
| homePort |
Pearl Harbor (interwar and early WWII)
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surface form: "Pearl Harbor"
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| hullNumber | CV-2 → |
| laidDown | 1921-01-08 → |
| laidDownAt |
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
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surface form: "Fore River Shipyard"
Quincy, Massachusetts NERFINISHED → |
| launched | 1925-10-03 → |
| launchedBy |
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
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surface form: "Fore River Shipyard"
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| length | approximately 888 feet → |
| maximumSpeed | about 33 knots → |
| namesake |
Battles of Lexington and Concord
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surface form: "Battle of Lexington"
Lexington, Massachusetts NERFINISHED → |
| nickname | Lady Lex → |
| notableEvent | suffered catastrophic explosions after air attacks at Coral Sea → |
| operator | United States Navy → |
| originalDesignation | CC-1 → |
| propulsion |
electric drive
→
steam turbines → |
| role |
flagship in some operations
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fleet carrier → |
| scuttledBy | U.S. destroyers → |
| shipClass | Lexington class → |
| sponsor | Theodore Douglas Robinson → |
| sunkIn | Battle of the Coral Sea NERFINISHED → |
| sunkInLocation | Coral Sea → |
| sunkOn | 1942-05-08 → |
| theater |
Pacific War
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surface form: "Pacific Theater of World War II"
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| tookPartIn |
Battle of the Coral Sea
NERFINISHED
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New Guinea campaign →
surface form: "New Guinea operations 1942"
early 1942 Pacific carrier raids → |
| treaty |
Five-Power Treaty
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surface form: "Washington Naval Treaty"
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| wreckDepth | about 3,000 meters → |
| wreckLocatedBy | expedition funded by Paul Allen → |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form: "Battle of the Coral Sea"
subject surface form: "CV-2"
subject surface form: "Hiryū"
subject surface form: "Battle of the Coral Sea"