LEXINGTON CV 2

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Lexington Class Aircraft Carrier Keel Laid 8 January 1921 as Command Ship CC-1 Redesignated Carrier (CV) 1 July 1922 Launched 3 October 1925 USS LEXINGTON CV-2 Commissioned 14 December 1927 Heavily damaged (Bombs and Torpedoes) 8 May 1942 (Battle of Coral Sea) Scuttled by USS PHELPS DD-360

Naval Covers

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1. USS Lexington CV-2 Covers Page 1    (1933-45)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type FDPS 3s (A) "PENSACOLA / FLORIDA"

1928-03-16

First Day of Postal Service. Courtesy of the Jim Myerson collection.

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT)

1937-12-14

10th Anniversary, cachet by Frederick Horton

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)

1940-04-13

Cachet by Richard Buchwald, and sponsored by the Cleveland Cover Club

 

Locy Type 3s (A) "ARMISTICE / DAY"

1931-11-11

Armistice Day, cacheted.

 

Locy Type 3bs

1938-11-11

Note:

 

Locy Type 3z (TBT)

1942-02-22

Note:

 

Locy Type 6

1928-03-15

Notes: Lexington's first day of postal service is listed as 1928-03-16 so this cancel is assumed to be backdated.

 

Locy Type 7qt

1937-05-09

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby

 

Locy Type 7qtz

1942-03-05

Censored, WWII use

 

Locy Type 8

1928-06-04

Courtesy of the Jim Myerson collection

 

Locy Type 9

1934-04-07

Cachet by E. L. Beckwith

 

Locy Type 9v (1928)

1928-03-28

Registered. Courtesy of the Jim Myerson collection.

 

Locy Type 9v

1940-12-25

Note:

 

Locy Type 9efw

1939-09-25

Money Order Receipt Stub

 

Locy Type 9x

1940-12-25

Note:

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11

1933-12-14

6th Anniversary of Commissioning.

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11a

1933-10-27

Note:

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11b

1934-02-12

Lincoln's Birthday 1934

 

Locy Type F "OUR / TWELFTH / BIRTHDAY" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11c

1939-12-14

12th Anniversary, cachet by Richard Buchwald

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11d

1940-12-25

Note:

 

Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11e

1941-09-22

Notes:

 

Locy Type FAKE USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-3b ("Star")

1941-10-03

Cachet and postmark by the Sibley's Dept. Store (Hobby Shop)

 

Locy Type SLO "LEXINGTON / CAPTURES / HMS EDWARDS"

1934-04-07

Cachet by E. L. Beckwith

 

Locy Type SLKo (35x4)

1937-12-17

Unlisted straightline mark. Cachet is thermographed.

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Locy Type 3 (C-BTT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA"

1935-08-15

U.S.S. Lexington CV-2 VT Squadron 2B

 

Other Information

USS LEXINGTON earned the American Defense Service Medal (w/ "Fleet" clasp), the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 2 Battle stars and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Named for Lexington, Massachusetts, where the colonial militia first fought the British in the American Revolutionary War.

There has been six ships of the US Navy that have borne the name LEXINGTON - USS Lexington (1776 Brigantine), USS Lexington (1825 Sloop), USS Lexington (1861 Timberclad Gunboat), USS Lexington CV-2, USS Lexington CV-16 and USS Lexington II (SP-705), later USS SP-705, a patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918.

 

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