My late father's first ship ('32-'36), and sight of his first disciplinary action. After lighting a "cancer stick" (sold at 3 cents a pack at sea), he tossed the match overboard. The action took place near the AV gas vents. He was seen by the Master at Arms and brought before the Captain and sentenced to pick up 50 match sticks. Until his death 40 years later his pockets were full of match sticks! Great video, lots of great facts. .
According to Naval archives. The Lexington had the vertical stripe on the funnel. The Saratoga had the horizontal stripe at the top of the funnel. The vertical looking like an L. This was used so that pilots did not land on the wrong ship as they normally passed the ship to get into the pattern. When they worked together early in their career.
The last ship my dad was on CV 42 the FDR would be a good story. First to launch a Jet. Was named the coral sea until FDR died. I was on it for a dependent cruise form Norfolk to Mayport on her last active voyage. My dad led 7 men ahead of the ship and met it on the last day in Norfolk 40 boys and I was lucky that I was one of them. It was great. I took photos while my dad worked. Roamed around. Ate lots of food. Threw trash off of the fantail. These guys were throwing everything they could overboard. She was going to the scrap yard so it needed emptied. My dad worked AIMD. AZCS W T Hawes. RIP sir.
They should have kept Saratoga, instead of sinking it for a test. It was a spectacular ship and should have been made into a museum. Lexington and Saratoga were absolutely fantastic, being that they were only our 2nd attempt to make an aircraft carrier. And they were the best at the time. Still impressive to this day. A better idea would have been to take Bunker Hill or Franklin, which would never enter service again, and we're more modern, to do a realistic test.
Measeum ships weren't a thing back then. The government, mostly, doesnt run them. They depend on private funding and for the most part people just wanted to get on with their lives. Franklin and Biker Hill were being saved for an ultimate conversion to nuclear bomber carriers.
If you don't mind me asking, How? When? and which one? "Lady Lex" was sunk at the Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942(May I think it was?) and Sara was used and sunk in Op. Crossroads in 1948 or 46. Are you sure you're not referring to the Essex Class carrier Lextington(aka "the Blue Ghost") in Texas?
Not so. These never carried 16" guns. They initially carried 8 x 8" in 4 twin turrets. These 8" were replaced by 4 twin 5" in Saratoga. Lexington's dual 8" were removed but not refitted 5" before sunk.
Read his comment, he said they were WW1 Barrels in with concrete to balance the flight deck, being that the funnel and conning tower were heavy on one side...
@@westcoaststacker569 I agree with what you say, but was the US Navy capable of producing 16-inch gun barrels during WWI? I think they only started building those afterwards, like in the mid 30s. I'm thinking they probably used 14-inch gun barrels for ballast.
"In 1922, the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty caused the US Navy to cancel the South Dakota-class battleships and the Lexington-class battlecruisers, surplusing 16-inch/50 caliber Mark II and Mark III barrels. Initially, 20 guns were transferred to the Army, which built a new version of the M1919 mount for the naval guns." Looks like they were planning on using them on those ships before the naval treaty?
mlnlme1 >> The museum is USS Lexington CV-16 (Essex class), which was named in honor of the original carrier, which was CV-2, Lexington class, subject of this video.
I can’t stand this droning narrative. I wanted to learn more about the great ships but the EXTREMELY few pictures and total lack of supporting documentation leaves this u tube next to worthlessness.
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