Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - USS "Lexington" (CV-2), yainzi "Lady Lex", yakanga iri ngarava inotakura ndege yakatanga kuvakirwa United States Navy. Yakanga iri ngarava inotungamirira ye; ngarava yayo yehanzvadzi chete,, yakatumirwa mwedzi wapfuura. Pakutanga yakagadzirirwa sehondo cruiser, iye akashandurwa kuva mumwe Navy yokutanga vatakuri ndege panguva kuvakwa kuti zvinoenderana mashoko Washington Naval Chibvumirano 1922, izvo chaizvoizvo akagumisa zvose itsva hondo uye hondo cruiser kuvakwa. Ngarava iyi yakatanga kushanda muna 1928 uye yakashanda muPacific Fleet kwoupenyu hwayo hwose. "Lexington" uye "Saratoga" akashandiswa kukudziridza uye kunatsiridza vatakuri vemauto munhevedzano yezvidzidzo zvegore negore Hondo Yenyika II isati yatanga. Panhambo dzinopfuura imwe idzi dzakabatanidza kudenha kunoshamisa kwakaitwa zvinobudirira paPearl Harbor, Hawaii. Sisitimu yekutyaira yechikepe ine turbo-yemagetsi yakaibvumira kuti iwedzere magetsi kuTacoma, Washington, panguva yekusanaya kwemvura mukupera kwa1929 kusvika kutanga kwa1930. Akaendesawo vanachiremba nezvinhu zvokuyamura kuManagua, kuNicaragua, pashure pokudengenyeka kwenyika muna 1931
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