Carrier Lexington (signed)

Power, Hugh Irvin;Power, Hugh;Texas A&m University Press

ISBN 10: 089096680X / ISBN 13: 9780890966808

Published by College Station, Texas, U.S.A.: Texas A & M Univ Pr, 1996

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Large hardback in fine condition with fine dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by author, Hugh Power. Seller Inventory # 11863

Bibliographic Details

Title: Carrier Lexington (signed)

Publisher: College Station, Texas, U.S.A.: Texas A & M Univ Pr

Publication Date: 1996

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Synopsis:

Carrier Lexington, 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, Lexington was decommissioned on November 8, 1991, after forty-eight years of service.
Entering World War II as the second of the great Essex-class carriers to be commissioned, Lexington 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.
Photographer-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 Lexington, this book gives the reader a close look at the technological wonders of the carrier. Jerry Chipman of the USS Lexington Museum on the Bay provides the foreword. The introduction, by naval historian Robert J. Cressman, gives the fascinating history of U.S. Naval aviation and traces the remarkable emergence of the aircraft carrier as the high seas' most fearsome weapon.

About the Author:

Hugh Power is a freelance photographer and writer living in Galveston. He has more than twenty-five years' experience in black-and-white photography and has written extensively for newspapers and magazines. His recent book, Battleship Texas (1993), published by Texas A&M University Press, is the result of his extensive personal research in the history of U.S. Naval warships.