“The Lady Lex’’ found at last. She went down with 219 hands on May 8,1942. The following month the US Navy would get revenge at The Battle of Midway and put four Jap carriers at the bottom of The Pacific.
How did you make out in the storm?
An incredible aspect of the carrier war in the Pacific in contrast to the battleship encounters of WWI is that no enemy carriers were ever within sight of each other. The distances involved in the Pacific War are mind-boggling; the Japanese could re-supply isolated island garrisons with subs because their subs had to be made so much larger than U-boats (to cover much larger distances).
Awesome, the next carrier ship out of the yards was Christened USS Lexington, BIL was a Plank Owner, we just lost him at 91 last year. She too was called the Lady Lex.
Hubby served on carriers like the USS Midway (Nam), Constelation (Missile Crisis), ending 20 yr career on the Enchon.