USS Lexington (CV-16)
Ship · United States · February 17, 1943 – November 8, 1991
American Essex-class carrier named for the Lexington lost at the Coral Sea; Mitscher's flagship at the Philippine Sea.
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Served with
- January 6, 1944 – November 5, 1944 Fast Carrier Task Force Hit by a kamikaze off Luzon
- February 1, 1945 – September 2, 1945 Fast Carrier Task Force
Movements
Moved with Fast Carrier Task Force.
- January 29, 1944 Strikes the Marshalls (TF 58) Map
- February 17, 1944 Operation Hailstone Operation Hailstone at Truk Map
- April 22, 1944 Covers the Hollandia landings Map
- June 19, 1944 Battle of the Philippine Sea Map
- October 12, 1944 Strikes Formosa (TF 38) Map
- October 24, 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf Map
- February 16, 1945 First carrier raids on Tokyo (TF 58) Map
- April 7, 1945 Operation Ten-Go Sinks Yamato off Okinawa Map
- July 14, 1945 Strikes Honshu and Hokkaido (TF 38) Map
- September 2, 1945 Tokyo Bay: Japan's surrender Map