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From 17 December 1929 to 16 January 1930 USS "Lexington" supplied electrical power to Tacoma, Washington, when this city suffered a power shortage. The electricity from the carrier totaled more than 4.25 million kilowatt-hours.

From 17 December 1929 to 16 January 1930 USS "Lexington" supplied electrical power to Tacoma, Washington, when this city suffered a power shortage. The electricity from the carrier totaled more than 4.25 million kilowatt-hours.

USS "Los Angeles" (ZR-3) flies over ships of the U.S. Fleet, circa 1930. Photographed from on board the airship, with two of her engine cars in the foreground. Ships below are USS "Patoka" (AO-9), closest to the camera, and the aircraft carriers "Lexington" (CV-2) and "Saratoga" (CV-3).

Ship's crew and personnel of her aircraft squadrons posed on the flight deck, circa the 1930s. View looks forward from atop her smokestack.

USS "Los Angeles" (ZR-3) (center distance) moored to USS "Patoka" (AO-9) off Panama during Fleet Problem XII, circa February 1931. USS "Lexington" (CV-2), at right, and a battleship are also present.
Donation of Franklin Moran, 1967

CV2 and CV3 in front of Diamond Head on 1 Jul 1932.

Aerial, starboard beam. Aircraft on deck, Diamond Head in background. February 2, 1933.

Four photos of USS "Lexington" taken by Radioman 3C George W. Allen, probably in late 1935.
Top: VS-3B Squadron insignia (Indian head in circle) is clearly visible on the biplane.
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USS "Lexington" (CV-2) off Long Beach, California, 17 September 1936, with crewmembers spelling out "NAVY" on her flight deck.
Courtesy of Commander Robert L. Ghormley, Jr., 1969

Aerial, Port bow underway, aircraft on deck. August 8, 1938

USS "Lexington" (CV-2) leaving San Diego, California, 14 October 1941. Planes parked on her flight deck include F2A-1 fighters (parked forward), SBD scout-bombers (amidships) and TBD-1 torpedo planes (aft). Note the false bow wave (Measure 5 camouflage) painted on her hull, forward, and badly chalked condition of the hull's camouflage paint (Measure 1).
In this picture Lexington still retains her twin 8" mounts. Four 1.1" mounts have been installed, one on each quadrant, and a fifth mount between the bridge and the funnel. Atop each 8" mount is a gun tub containing two .50-cal mounts.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (# 80-G-416362).
(Thanks to Robert Hirst, who provided additional information).

Vertical aerial photograph of Ford Island, taken 10 November 1941, with five battleships tied up along "Battleship Row" at the top of the image. USS Lexington (CV-2), a seaplane tender and a light cruiser are moored on the island's other (northwestern) side. Approximately 21 PBY patrol planes are parked at the Naval Air Station's seaplane base, in the upper right. The bright diagonal line, at the lower left end of Ford Island, points to the north.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph (NHC # 80-G-279385), now in the collections of the National Archives.