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- catalog abstract "Carrier Lexington, one of the most famous and formidable of the U.S. Navy warships, lies permanently berthed at Corpus Christi, Texas, her decks and cabins having been converted into a museum that pays tribute to her illustrious war and peacetime record and to the history of naval aviation. The last of the World War II-era aircraft carriers to retire from active duty, Lexington was decommissioned on November 8, 1991, after forty-eight years of service. Entering World War. II as the second of the great Essex-class carriers to be commissioned, Lexington destroyed more than one thousand Japanese aircraft, sank more than a million tons of enemy shipping in the Pacific, and in September, 1945, had the honor of being the first American aircraft carrier to enter Tokyo Bay in victory. Photographer-writer Hugh Power has captured every aspect of this great warship through beautiful photography, detailed floor plans, and illuminating text. Serving. as the definitive guide to Lexington, this book gives the reader a close look at the technological wonders of the carrier. Jerry Chipman of the USS Lexington Museum on the Bay provides the foreword. The introduction, by naval historian Robert J. Cressman, gives the fascinating history of U.S. Naval aviation and traces the remarkable emergence of the aircraft carrier as the high seas' most fearsome weapon.".
- catalog contributor b9317385.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Carrier Lexington, one of the most famous and formidable of the U.S. Navy warships, lies permanently berthed at Corpus Christi, Texas, her decks and cabins having been converted into a museum that pays tribute to her illustrious war and peacetime record and to the history of naval aviation. The last of the World War II-era aircraft carriers to retire from active duty, Lexington was decommissioned on November 8, 1991, after forty-eight years of service. Entering World War.".
- catalog description "II as the second of the great Essex-class carriers to be commissioned, Lexington destroyed more than one thousand Japanese aircraft, sank more than a million tons of enemy shipping in the Pacific, and in September, 1945, had the honor of being the first American aircraft carrier to enter Tokyo Bay in victory. Photographer-writer Hugh Power has captured every aspect of this great warship through beautiful photography, detailed floor plans, and illuminating text. Serving.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-150) and index.".
- catalog description "as the definitive guide to Lexington, this book gives the reader a close look at the technological wonders of the carrier. Jerry Chipman of the USS Lexington Museum on the Bay provides the foreword. The introduction, by naval historian Robert J. Cressman, gives the fascinating history of U.S. Naval aviation and traces the remarkable emergence of the aircraft carrier as the high seas' most fearsome weapon.".
- catalog extent "xx, 154 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Carrier Lexington.".
- catalog identifier "089096680X (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0890966818 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Carrier Lexington.".
- catalog isPartOf "Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University ; no. 61".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "College Station : Texas A&M University Press,".
- catalog relation "Carrier Lexington.".
- catalog subject "359.9/435/0973 20".
- catalog subject "Lexington (Aircraft carrier : 1943-1991) History.".
- catalog subject "Lexington (Aircraft carrier : 1943-1991) Pictorial works.".
- catalog subject "USS Lexington Museum on the Bay (Corpus Christi, Tex.) Pictorial works.".
- catalog subject "VA65.L4 P69 1995".
- catalog title "Carrier Lexington / text and contemporary photographs by Hugh Power ; introduction by Robert J. Cressman ; foreword by Jerry Chipman.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "Pictorial works. fast".
- catalog type "text".