USS_Lexington_(CV-2)_leaving_San_Diego_on_14_October_1941.jpg
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Summary
Photographer |
Unknown author
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Description |
English:
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS
Lexington
(CV-2) leaving San Diego, California (USA), on 14 October 1941. Planes parked on her flight deck include Brewster F2A-1 fighters (parked forward), Douglas SBD scout-bombers (amidships) and Douglas TBD-1 torpedo planes (aft). Note the false bow wave painted on her hull, forward, and badly chalked condition of the hull's camouflage paint.
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Date | Taken on 14 October 1941 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
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Accession number |
80-G-416362
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Source | U.S. Navy photo 80-G-416362 |
Licensing
This image is available from the
Naval History and Heritage Command
under the digital ID
80-G-416362
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U.S. Navy
, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a
work
of the
U.S. federal government
, it is in the
public domain
in the United States.
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