BANGKOK — A piece of prized World War II U.S. naval history, the wreckage of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington, which was sunk by the Japanese in a crucial sea battle, has been discovered by an ...

BANGKOK --A piece of prized World War II U.S. naval history, the wreckage of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington, which was sunk by the Japanese in a crucial sea battle, has been discovered by an ...

a World War II aircraft carrier that was sunk hundreds of miles off the coast of Australia. The USS Lexington—also known as Lady Lex—was sunk by the Japanese navy during the Battle of the ...

An expedition has successfully discovered wreckage from the USS Lexington, an early aircraft carrier that was sunk off the coast of Australia during World War II. The expedition was led using the ...

The U.S.S. Lexington has finally been found ... discovered the wreckage of the World War II-era aircraft carrier Monday. It was found about two miles below the surface of the Coral Sea and ...

Wreckage from the USS Lexington – a US aircraft carrier sunk by the Japanese during World War II – has been discovered 500 miles off the Australian coast by a team of explorers led by ...

Lexington, Enterprise, and Essex classes, which became instrumental in establishing air and naval superiority. To determine the fate of every American aircraft carrier of World War II ...

World War II undeniably marked the rise of American ... the United States Navy commissioned several classes of aircraft carriers, namely the Lexington, Ranger, Wasp, Yorktown, and Essex classes ...

Summary and What You Need to Know: During World War II, aircraft carriers revolutionized ... and later fought against Japanese forces. -The USS Lexington (CV-16), an Essex-class carrier renamed ...