Newsgroups: sci.military Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: Allan Bourdius Subject: Re: Fates of Battleships Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Date: Wed, 7 Nov 90 03:41:58 GMT Approved: military@att.att.com Message-ID: <1990Nov7.034158.10859@cbnews.att.com> References: <1990Nov6.042753.29732@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Lines: 13 From: Allan Bourdius >U.S.A. > Lexington 8 May 42 Coral Sea Japanese air strike(d) The USS Lexington (CV-2) was an *aircraft carrier* not a battleship! Allan [mod.note: Correct; but both Lexington and Saratoga were initially laid down as battlecruisers, and coverted to carriers while under construction in keeping with the Washington Naval Treaty. - Bill ]