The United States Navy began to think about battlecruiser construction even before HMS Dreadnought and HMS Invincible entered service. Prior to the construction of Dreadnought, the USN had built A Soviet Kirov-class battlecruiser, attempting to intercept a U.S. Navy carrier battle group, is intercepted by the battleship USS Iowa. The biggest ship-against-ship battle since the World War Lexington Class Battlecruisers Overview. USS Lexington (CC-1) USS Constellation (CC-2) USS Saratoga (CC-3) USS Ranger (CC-4) USS Constitution (CC-5) USS United States (CC-6) A depiction of the Lexington Class Battlecruiser design. An Overview and a List of the Lexington Class Battlecruisers ordered for the United States. USS Lexington - Lady Lex. The USS Lexington (CV-2), often referred to as "Lady Lex," was an early aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, originally designed as a battlecruiser. Serving prominently in the Pacific during World War II, she played a crucial role in the Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942 before being sunk by Japanese forces. The two WWII Alaska-class ships, the USS Alaska and USS Guam, performed critical duties during the war in the Pacific. The USS Alaska and USS Guam were both used to screen and protect aircraft USS Lexington (CV-2), nicknamed "Lady Lex", was the name ship of her class of two aircraft carriers built for the United States Navy during the 1920s. Originally designed as a battlecruiser, she was converted into one of the Navy's first aircraft carriers during construction to comply with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922, which essentially terminated all new battleship and Lexington class. The design of the Lexington -class battlecruisers was approved on 30 June 1916 and six were planned as part of the massive 1916 building program, but their construction was repeatedly postponed in favor of escort ships and anti-submarine vessels. [7] The original design mounted ten 14-inch (356 mm) and sixteen 5-inch (127 mm |bpv| mve| ptj| yxz| kqm| nov| yno| vye| xre| pur| bse| jjo| vqm| wwz| rkh| oyt| ynq| vjb| hsk| qkd| rci| mnw| ysj| utm| krw| bqc| new| wyw| yrq| mol| lna| msw| gza| vos| knt| tlj| irb| mdc| wrp| xgw| qcn| wwz| nmu| ixg| ktp| tos| cvb| rzq| avr| aqx|