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

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1933-45)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT)

1937-12-14 to 1937-12-14

Notes:

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT)

1940-09-06 to 1940-09-06

Keel Laying of USS Humboldt AV-21

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)

1940-04-13 to 1940-04-13

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

1931-11-11

Armistice Day, cacheted.

 

Locy Type 3s (A) "LEX. CAPTURES / EDWARDS"

1934-04-07 to 1934-04-07

E. L. Beckwith

 

Locy Type 3s (A)

1934-04-07 to 1934-05-09

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Locy Type 3z (TBT)

1942-02-22 to 1942-02-22

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Locy Type 6

1937-04-25 to 1937-04-25

Walter G. Crosby

 

Locy Type 6

1928-03-15 to 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 to 1937-05-09

Walter G. Crosby

 

Locy Type 9

1934-04-07 to 1934-04-07

E. L. Beckwith

 

Locy Type 9v

1940-12-25 to 1940-12-25

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Locy Type 9efw

1939-09-25

Money Order Receipt Stub

 

Locy Type 9efw

1940-12-25 to 1940-12-25

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Locy Type 9x

1940-12-25 to 1940-12-25

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Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11

1933-11-11 to 1933-11-11

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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 to 1933-10-27

Note:

 

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

1933-12-25 to 1933-12-25

Christmas 1933

 

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

1933-12-25 to 1933-12-25

Lincoln's Birthday 1934

 

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

1939-12-14 to 1939-12-14

12th Anniversary, cachet by Richard Buchwald

 

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

1941-10-27 to 1941-10-27

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

1940-12-25 to 1940-12-25

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

1941-09-22 to 1941-09-22

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Locy Type Fake USCS Catalog Illustration CD-3b "Star"

1941-10-03 to 1941-10-03

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Locy Type SLO "LEXINGTON / CAPTURES / HMS EDWARDS"

1934-04-07 to 1934-04-07

E. L. Beckwith

 

Locy Type SLO "LEXINGTON SIGHTS / U.S.S. MACON / LAT. 22,39 LON. 111" Locy Type 9

1934-04-11 to 1934-04-11

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Locy Type SLO "NAVY CAPTURES / FORT PULASKI" Locy Type 9

1934-04-11 to 1934-04-11

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Locy Type SLO "BATTLE / LEXINGTON / CONCORD"

1934-04-19 to 1934-04-19

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Locy Type SLO "ENROUTE MIAMI / MACON ATTACKS / LEXINGTON" Locy Type 9

1934-05-08 to 1934-05-08

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Locy Type SLO "ARRIVE / GONAIVES / HAITI" Locy Type 9

1934-05-14 to 1934-05-14

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Locy Type SLKo (35x4)

1937-12-17 to 1937-12-17

Notes: Unlisted straightline mark
Cachet is thermographed.

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

1935-08-15 to 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 named LEXINGTON:
USS Lexington (1776), a brigantine acquired in 1776 and captured in 1777
USS Lexington (1825), a sloop in commission from 1826 to 1830 and from 1831 to 1855
USS Lexington (1861), a timberclad gunboat in commission from 1861 to 1865
USS Lexington (CV-2), an aircraft carrier commissioned in 1927 and sunk in 1942
USS Lexington (CV-16), an aircraft carrier in commission from 1943 to 1991
USS Lexington II (SP-705), later USS SP-705, a patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918

 

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