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imported>Howard C. Berkowitz (New page: {{subpages}} ==Parent topics== {{r|United States Navy}} {{r|Aircraft carrier}} ==Subtopics== {{r|USS Lexington (CV-2)|''USS Lexington'' (CV-2)}} {{r|USS Saratoga (CV-3)|''USS Saratoga''...) |
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{{r|USS Lexington (CV-2)|''USS Lexington'' (CV-2)}} | {{r|USS Lexington (CV-2)|''USS Lexington'' (CV-2)}} | ||
{{r|Battle of the Coral Sea||**}} | |||
{{r|USS Saratoga (CV-3)|''USS Saratoga'' (CV-3)}} | {{r|USS Saratoga (CV-3)|''USS Saratoga'' (CV-3)}} | ||
==Other related topics== | ==Other related topics== | ||
{{r|8" gun}} | {{r|8" naval gun}} | ||
{{r|USS Langley (CV-1)|''USS Langley'' (CV-1)}} | {{r|USS Langley (CV-1)|''USS Langley'' (CV-1)}} | ||
{{r|Yorktown-class}} | {{r|Yorktown-class}} | ||
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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]
- 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