The Lexington Goes Down: The Last Seven Hours of a Fighting Lady

by A.A. Hoehling

Book Overview

Tells the story of the fated Lexington with moment-by-moment description of the ship's sinking and first-person accounts of survivors.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0135352525
• ISBN13: 9780135352526
• Release Date: January 1971
• Publisher: Prentice-Hall
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A Readable Collection of First-Hand Accounts

This is an easily read collection of first hand remembrances of the loss of the first carrier Lexington, CV2. The author has gathered a large number of accounts from both crew members of the Lexington and from those on the escorting vessels. The book is divided into two parts - the first focusing on the attack on the carrier when there was hope she would survive and the second focusing on the events leading to her loss. An enjoyable book that gives an insight into what it was like to serve on a carrier in the early days of WWII.