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Parent topics

• United States Navy [r]: Branch of the U.S. armed forces] responsible for combat on, over, and under water. ^[e]
• Aircraft carrier [r]: A warship designed to launch and recover combat aircraft and aircraft that support military operations ^[e]

Subtopics

• USS Lexington (CV-2) [r]: First aircraft carrier built by the United States Navy and intended for fleet rather than experimental duty; sunk at the Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942 ^[e]
  • Battle of the Coral Sea [r]: Fought in May 1942, the first battle between naval forces built around aircraft carriers, in which the opposing United States and Japanese ships never saw one another; it was a tactical Japanese defeat and strategic U.S. victory ^[e]
• USS Saratoga (CV-3) [r]: Lexington-class U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, converted from a battle cruiser hull in 1927, and serving throughout World War II; sunk in 1946 during nuclear weapon tests ^[e]

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• 8" naval gun [r]: Add brief definition or description
• USS Langley (CV-1) [r]: First aircraft carrier in the United States Navy, but intended as an experiment rather than for operational use; provided auxiliary services early in WWII, was damaged by Japanese aircraft in February 1942, and scuttled ^[e]
• Yorktown-class [r]: Add brief definition or description