Queen Of The Flat Tops: The U.S.S. Lexington And The Coral Sea Battle
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780553126716 (0553126717)
Publish date: 1979
Publisher: Bantam
Pages no: 234
Edition language: English
The U.S.S. Lexington (aka "the Lady Lex") was one of the earliest aircraft carriers. Originally designed as a battlecruiser, it entered service with the U.S. Navy in 1925 and helped to usher in a new type of naval warfare. Here in "QUEEN OF THE FLAT-TOPS", Stanley Johnston, a journalist who was assi...