Photos USS Lexington Found after 76 years

[colin traveller]

I can't see anything with relevance of the recent finding by Paul Allen ... in this section

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[Chazman]

Thanks for posting this here. As I said previously, those aircraft seem so well preserved. There are no Devastators left anywhere on dry land and here we see three of them.

 

[Bombardier]

With that in mind @Chazman do you think any will be recovered and restored?

 

[Bombardier]

In all her glory

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.

 

[Chazman]

With that in mind @Chazman do you think any will be recovered and restored?

I wonder!

 

[bdpopeye]

USS Lexington underway circa 1936 near Diamond Head on Oahu Hawaii, showing her very wide funnel with its black top edge, under which the MG platform was situated. The 8in/55 twin mounts, and also the single 5in(127mm)/25s grouped in threes, are clearly visible.