{"product_id":"carrier-lexington-9780890966815","title":"Carrier Lexington","description":"Carrier \u003ci\u003eLexington\u003c\/i\u003e, 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, \u003ci\u003eLexington\u003c\/i\u003e was decommissioned on November 8, 1991, after forty-eight years of service. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEntering World War II as the second of the great \u003ci\u003eEssex-\u003c\/i\u003eclass carriers to be commissioned, \u003ci\u003eLexington\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \"The Blue Ghost,\" a nickname derived from Japanese reports that wrongly claimed the sinking of \"a great blue ship,\" was one of the most decorated of all U.S. carriers during the war and helped establish the aircraft carrier as \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e most powerful of warships, replacing the big-gunned dreadnoughts that had ruled the seas through most of the first half of the century. In 1992, \u003ci\u003eLexington\u003c\/i\u003e arrived in Corpus Christi, and the massive project to transform the ship into a first-class museum got underway. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePhotographer-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 carrier \u003ci\u003eLexington\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e this book gives the reader a close look at the technological wonders and fascinating history of U.S. Naval aviation and traces the remarkable emergence of the aircraft carrier as the high seas' most fearsome weapon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas A\u0026amp;M University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780890966815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.90h x 8.20w x 0.50d","brand":"Hugh Power","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38017963851957,"sku":"9780890966815","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4bb1b6b5-d42d-4ab8-aa5a-d748f40a9920.jpg?v=1609167712","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/carrier-lexington-9780890966815","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}