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United States Pacific Fleet » 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.

Recorded for Pacific War.

Served with

Fast Carrier Task Force January 6, 1944 – November 5, 1944 Hit by a kamikaze off Luzon
Fast Carrier Task Force February 1, 1945 – September 2, 1945

Engagements 4

Operation Hailstone February 17–18, 1944
Battle of the Philippine Sea June 19–20, 1944
Battle of Leyte Gulf October 23–26, 1944
Operation Ten-Go April 7, 1945

Movements

Moved with Fast Carrier Task Force.

January 29, 1944 Strikes the Marshalls (TF 58) · map
February 17, 1944 Operation Hailstone at Truk (Operation Hailstone) · map
April 22, 1944 Covers the Hollandia landings · map
June 19, 1944 Battle of the Philippine Sea (Battle of the Philippine Sea) · map
October 12, 1944 Strikes Formosa (TF 38) · map
October 24, 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf (Battle of Leyte Gulf) · map
February 16, 1945 First carrier raids on Tokyo (TF 58) · map
April 7, 1945 Sinks Yamato off Okinawa (Operation Ten-Go) · map
July 14, 1945 Strikes Honshu and Hokkaido (TF 38) · map
September 2, 1945 Tokyo Bay: Japan's surrender · map

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