![Wreck of Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. <i>Lexington</i> Found 76 Years After It Was Scuttled in Battle | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine Wreck of Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. <i>Lexington</i> Found 76 Years After It Was Scuttled in Battle | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/sw-k4NzveZJhgsAbOoKu4gLFWwc=/fit-in/1600x0/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/8e/7a/8e7a1a3d-94a7-4ef6-b993-9da5b59806d3/lexington_plane.jpg)
Wreck of Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. <i>Lexington</i> Found 76 Years After It Was Scuttled in Battle | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
![Japanese claim the sinking of US aircraft carrier . The Japanese latest claim is that they have sunk the USS Lexington off the Hawai Islands . The Lexington was completed in 1927 , Japanese claim the sinking of US aircraft carrier . The Japanese latest claim is that they have sunk the USS Lexington off the Hawai Islands . The Lexington was completed in 1927 ,](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2BW332X/japanese-claim-the-sinking-of-us-aircraft-carrier-the-japanese-latest-claim-is-that-they-have-sunk-the-uss-lexington-off-the-hawai-islands-the-lexington-was-completed-in-1927-and-had-a-complement-of-2122-carrying-96-planes-and-one-catapult-the-photo-shows-an-an-aerial-view-of-the-us-aircraft-carrier-11-december-1941-2BW332X.jpg)
Japanese claim the sinking of US aircraft carrier . The Japanese latest claim is that they have sunk the USS Lexington off the Hawai Islands . The Lexington was completed in 1927 ,
![Pacific Wrecks - Japanese postcard depicting the Battle of the Coral Sea sinking of USS Lexington CV-2 on May 8, 1942 Pacific Wrecks - Japanese postcard depicting the Battle of the Coral Sea sinking of USS Lexington CV-2 on May 8, 1942](https://pacificwrecks.com/ships/usn/CV-2/japanese-postcard-lexington.jpg)
Pacific Wrecks - Japanese postcard depicting the Battle of the Coral Sea sinking of USS Lexington CV-2 on May 8, 1942
![Lifeboat of US Navy sailors leaving the sinking USS Lexington, Coral Sea, 1942 | The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories Lifeboat of US Navy sailors leaving the sinking USS Lexington, Coral Sea, 1942 | The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories](https://49fe30bb3aa7406c16dc-5c968119d095dc32d807923c59347cc2.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/2013.495.378_1.jpg)
Lifeboat of US Navy sailors leaving the sinking USS Lexington, Coral Sea, 1942 | The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories
![Wreckage of World War II aircraft carrier USS Lexington discovered off coast of Australia | Newstalk Wreckage of World War II aircraft carrier USS Lexington discovered off coast of Australia | Newstalk](https://img.resized.co/newstalk/eyJkYXRhIjoie1widXJsXCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL21lZGlhLnJhZGlvY21zLm5ldFxcXC91cGxvYWRzXFxcL2NvbnRlbnRcXFwvMDAwXFxcL2ltYWdlc1xcXC8wMDAyNzhcXFwvMjg1Nzg5XzE0Nl9uZXdzX2h1Yl8yMzE1NDBfNjc3eDI1MS5qcGdcIixcIndpZHRoXCI6MTIwMCxcImhlaWdodFwiOjkwMCxcImRlZmF1bHRcIjpcImh0dHBzOlxcXC9cXFwvd3d3Lm5ld3N0YWxrLmNvbVxcXC9pbWFnZXNcXFwvZGVmYXVsdF9ub19pbWFnZS5wbmdcIixcIm9wdGlvbnNcIjpbXX0iLCJoYXNoIjoiNDU5NTBkMGYzMThkMzQ0ZTJhMzVhODc2MmIzYTdkOGEzYmEzNjFiNyJ9/285789-146-news-hub-231540-677x251.jpg)
Wreckage of World War II aircraft carrier USS Lexington discovered off coast of Australia | Newstalk
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