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NH 69130 USS LEXINGTON (CV-2)

USS LEXINGTON (CV-2)
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Title: USS LEXINGTON (CV-2)
Caption: Under construction at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, 30 November 1927. The Hawse Pipes and the unique (for that time) position of the anchors gave LEXINGTON a startling "fighting face."
Description: Courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, San Francisco, California, 1969.
Catalog #: NH 69130
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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Original Date: Wed, Nov 30, 1927
After this Year: 1920
Before this Year: 1929
Original Medium: BW Photo
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