Keywords: Launch of USS Lexington (CV-16) at the Fore River Shipyard on 26 September 1942.jpeg The U S Navy aircraft carrier USS Lexington CV-16 sliding down the shipways during her launching at the Bethlehem Steel Company's Fore River Shipyard Quincy Massachusetts USA 26 September 1942 Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nara-series/80-g-k/80-G-K-13000/80-G-K-13954 html 80-G-K-13954 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command 1942-09-26 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Lexington CV-16 Fore River Shipyard World War II color photographs of the US Homefront |