Summary: The USS Lexington (CV-16), an Essex-class aircraft carrier, served in major WWII engagements and earned the nickname "The Blue Ghost." -Commissioned in 1943, it supported operations in ...
The Washington Naval Treaty actively encouraged similar behavior in Japan and the United States, leading to the conversion ...
See the ex-USS John F. Kennedy, the Navy's last conventionally powered aircraft carrier, which was in a class of its own.