Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ncis.tis.llnl.gov!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ucbvax!agate!shelby!rutgers!att!cbnews!military From: steinmetz!algol!welty@uunet.UU.NET (richard welty) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: WWII CV's Message-ID: <6497@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 12 May 89 02:47:27 GMT References: <6154@cbnews.ATT.COM> <6271@cbnews.ATT.COM> <6454@cbnews.ATT.COM> Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Organization: New York State Institute for Sebastian Cabot Studies Lines: 25 Approved: military@att.att.com From: steinmetz!algol!welty@uunet.UU.NET (richard welty) From: Al Seaman *> My father was on two different carriers in the Pacific. Both were of the *> Yorktown Lexington class..... *>[mod.note: Something's fishy... These four ships weren't of the same *>class. Lexington and Saratoga were pre-war sister ships; Yorktown, *>Enterprise, and Hornet were a later prewar class. and just to make things more complex, Yorktown and Lexington were both lost early on (at Midway and Coral Sea, respectively) and two Essex class ships were renamed Yorktown and Lexington. the Essex class Lexington was in active service as a training ship earlier in this decade, although i would imagine that it has been deactiveated by now. richard richard welty welty@algol.crd.ge.com 518-387-6346, GE R&D, K1-5C39, Niskayuna, New York ``Every time I see an Alfa Romeo pass by, I raise my hat'' -- Henry Ford