File:USS Lexington (CV-2) deck 1929 with F3B F6C T4M.jpeg
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| Description | The commissioning of the U.S. Navy large deck carriers USS Lexington (CV-2) and USS Saratoga (CV-3) in 1927 necessitated the creation of carrier air groups capable of executing torpedo bombing, dive-bombing, fighting, and scouting missions. Among the aircraft assigned to these first carrier air groups and pictured on the deck of Lexington were the Boeing F3B-1 (radial engines, front), Curtiss F6C-3 Hawk, and Martin T4M-1 (aft). |
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| Source | U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.488.011.005 |
| Author | U.S. Navy |
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