USS Lexington life cycles
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1775 Lexington was the fourth US Navy ship named after the 1775 Battle of Lexington, the first battle of the Revolutionary War
1775 part of the life cycle 124875(2) …and 2017, 2018…
Paul Gardner Allen (born January 21, 1953) = 1975 life cycle 124875(1)
In Albuquerque, New Mexico, Paul Allen with his friend Bill Gates ( life cycle 124875(2) …2017, 2018 ) , in 1975, began marketing a BASIC programming language interpreter
On 5 March 2018 = 2026
businessman and explorer Paul Allen announced that he had located the wreck of the Lexington about 500 miles (800 km) off the eastern coast of Australia
On 5 March 2018, the research vessel RV Petrel, in a search led by billionaire Paul Allen, discovered the wreck of Lexington during an expedition to the Coral Sea. The ship lies nearly 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) below the surface and 500 miles (800 km) off the coast of Queensland. An ROV confirmed the identity of the wreck by finding the nameplate on the stern. The ship lies in three sections. The main section lies upright. A mile to the west, the bow and stern sections lie across from each other, with the bridge lying by itself between the sections. Further to the west, a concentration of aircraft comprising seven Devastators, three Dauntlesses, and a single Wildcat was also located, in a good state of preservation
Laid down: 8 January 1921
Launched: 3 October 1925
Commissioned: 14 December 1927
Reclassified: As aircraft carrier, 1 July 1922
Struck: 24 June 1942
Fate: Sunk during the Battle of the Coral Sea, 8 May 1942
Laid down: 1930
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Launched: 1938
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Commissioned: 1953
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Reclassified: 1930
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Struck: 1972
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Fate: 1955
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1981 1
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