USS Lexington (CV-2)
_leaving_San_Diego_on_14_October_1941_(80-G-416362).jpg) Foto Lexington dari atasu udara 14 Oktober 1941
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| Sejarah | |
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 Amerika Serikat
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| Nama | USS Lexington |
| Asal nama | Pertempuran Lexington |
| Dipesan |
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| Pembangun | Fore River Ship and Engine Building Co., Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Pasang lunas | 8 Januari 1921 |
| Diluncurkan | 3 Oktober 1925 |
| Dibaptis | Mrs. Theodore Douglas Robinson |
| Mulai berlayar | 14 Desember 1927 |
| Reklasifikasi | Menjadi kapal induk pada 1 Juli 1922 |
| Dicoret | 24 Juni 1942 |
| Identifikasi | Nomor lambung: CC-1, kemudian CV-2 |
| Julukan | "Lady Lex", "Gray Lady" |
| Nasib | Tenggelam saat Pertempuran Laut Koral pada 8 Mei 1942 |
| Catatan | Bangkainya ditemukan pada 4 Maret 2018 |
USS Lexington (CV-2), (Julukan: "Lady Lex"),[1] merupakan kapal induk yang dibangun untuk Angkatan Laut Amerika Serikat.
Penemuan bangkai kapal
Pada 4 Maret 2018, kapal penelitian RV Petrel menemukan bangkai kapal Lexington selama ekspedisi menuju Laut Karang yang dipimpin oleh Paul Allen. Bangkai kapal terletak pada 2 mil (3 km) di bawah permukaan dan 430 mil laut (800 km) dari tepi pantai Queensland.[2][3][4] Sebuah kendaraan bawah laut yang dikendalikan dengan pengendali jarak jauh mengonfirmasi identitas bangkai kapal tersebut dengan menemukan plang nama di buritan. Bangkai kapal itu terpecah menjadi tiga bagian, dengan posisi bagian utama berdiri tegak. Bagian haluan dan buritannya terletak satu mil ke arah barat, dan berseberangan satu sama lain, dengan jembatan yang terbentang di antara bagian-bagian haluan dan buritan. Pesawat-pesawat terbangnya terletak jauh ke barat, semuanya dalam keadaan yang baik. Pesawat tersebut terdiri dari tujuh Devastator, tiga Dauntless, dan sebuah Wildcat.[5]
Referensi
- ^ Groom, hlm. 203
- ^ "USS Lexington: Lost WW2 aircraft carrier found after 76 years". BBC News. 6 March 2018. Diakses tanggal 6 March 2018.
- ^ "VIDEO: Billionaire Paul Allen Finds Lost World War II Carrier USS Lexington". USNI News. 5 March 2018.
- ^ "Wreck of Aircraft Carrier USS Lexington Located in Coral Sea After 76 Years". PaulAllen.com. 5 March 2018. Diakses tanggal 6 March 2018.
- ^ LaGrone, Sam (5 March 2018). "Billionaire Paul Allen Finds Lost World War II Carrier USS Lexington", USNI News, United States Naval Institute.
Daftar pustaka
- Anderson, Richard M.; Baker, Arthur D. III (1977). "CV-2 Lex and CV-3 Sara". Warship International. Toledo, OH: International Naval Research Organization. XIV (4): 291–328. ISSN 0043-0374.
- Brown, J. D. (2009). Carrier Operations in World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-108-2.
- Friedman, Norman (1983). U.S. Aircraft Carriers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-739-9. (Google Books link)
- Friedman, Norman (1984). U.S. Cruisers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-718-6.
- Groom, Winston (2005). 1942: The Year That Tried Men's Souls. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press. ISBN 0-87113-889-1.
- Herts, Dylan. Fleet Problem XIII & Grand Joint Exercise No. 4: Reconsidering Aircraft Carrier Doctrine.
- James, Robert (2003). "Afterword: A Clean Sweep". Dalam Heinlein, Robert A. For Us, The Living: A Comedy of Customs. New York: Scribner. ISBN 0-7432-6157-7.
- Johnston, Stanley (1942). Queen of the Flat-Tops: The U.S.S. Lexington and the Coral Sea Battle. New York: E. P. Dutton. OCLC 560099.
- Lundstrom, John B. (2006). Black Shoe Carrier Admiral: Frank Jack Fletcher at Coral Sea, Midway, and Guadalcanal. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-475-2.
- Lundstrom, John B. (2005). The First Team: Pacific Naval Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-471-X.
- Nofi, Albert A. (2010). To Train the Fleet for War: The U.S. Navy Fleet Problems. Naval War College Historical Monograph. 18. Newport, Rhode Island: Naval War College Press. ISBN 978-1-884733-69-7.
- Patterson, William H. (2010). Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century. Volume 1, 1907–1948 Learning Curve. New York: Tom Doherty Associates Book. ISBN 978-0-7653-1960-9.
- Polmar, Norman; Genda, Minoru (2006). Aircraft Carriers: A History of Carrier Aviation and Its Influence on World Events. Volume 1, 1909–1945. Washington, D.C.: Potomac Books. ISBN 1-57488-663-0.
- Prange, Gordon W.; in collaboration with Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon (1981). At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-050669-8.
- Stern, Robert C. (1993). The Lexington Class Carriers. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-503-9.
- Stille, Mark (2009). The Coral Sea 1942: The First Carrier Battle. Campaign. 214. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84908-106-1.
- Stille, Mark (2005). US Navy Aircraft Carriers 1922–1945: Prewar Classes. New Vanguard. 114. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-890-1.
Pranala luar
Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai USS Lexington (CV-2).
- Shall We Make Junk Or The World's Finest Plane Carriers Out of Our Battle Cruisers by G. Schornsteimer Popular Science December 1922
- Preliminary battle report
- WWII Archives U.S.S. Lexington (CV-2) original Ship Action Reports Scanned in from the National Archives
- WWII Archives U.S.S. Lexington (CV-2) original War Damage Report Scanned in from the National Archives
- General Plan for the U.S.S. Lexington (CV-2)
- Navy photographs of Lexington (CV-2)
- Coral Sea photographs
- Personal account of the sinking of Lexington (CV-2)
- Lexington (CV-2) report about powering City of Tacoma
- USS Lexington (CV-2) at Navsource
- Newsreel footage of Lexington sinking