Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pana 31 March 1931, "Lexington", iyo yakanga iri pedyo neGuantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, yakarayirwa kuti ibatsire vapukunyuki ve
kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakaparadza Managua, Nicaragua. Zuva rakatevera racho, ngarava yacho yakanga yava pedyo zvakakwana kuti ikurumidze kutumira ndege dzaitakura zvinhu uye vashandi vezvokurapa kuManagua. Mukati meGrand Joint Exercise No. 4, "Lexington" uye "Saratoga" vakakwanisa kutanga kurwisa kukuru kwehondo yehondo pamusoro pePearl Harbor musi weSvondo, 7 February 1932 pasina kuonekwa. Vatakuri vaviri vakaparadzaniswa nokuda kweFleet Problem XIII iyo yakatevera nguva pfupi pashure. "Lexington" akagoverwa kuBlack Fleet, achidzivirira Hawaii neWest Coast kurwisana neBlue Fleet ne"Saratoga". Musi wa 15 Kurume, "Lexington" yakabata "Saratoga" nendege dzayo dzose dzichiri padenga uye yakatongwa kuti yakadonhedza ndege yayo uye yakakuvadza zvakanyanya mutakuri, iyo yakazotongwa yakanyura panguva yekurwiswa kweusiku nevatakuri veBlack Fleet nguva pfupi yapfuura. Ndege dza"Lexington" dzakatongwa kuva dzakakanganisa zvikuru ngarava mbiri dzehondo dzeBlue Fleet.