Please inform OpNav that Lexington has reached designated location.

Good day, commander. I hope I could explain the guns I'm carrying. These are not for decoration, and I myself believe they could carry out defensive duties. That's right, I'm capable of fighting back in mid and close-range engagements. But concerning my position as an aircraft carrier, I think I should engage enemies with other carrier ship girls from extensive long range.

I'm sorry if I'm not able to explain the multiple utilities of my gear, but I would guess that it is connected to her in the history. Sir, I'm sure you are aware that Lexington was retrofitted from a battle cruiser, which explained the 8-inch guns she carried until being removed before the Coral Sea Battle in 1942. I would address myself as a woman willing to bet, sir, since I believe God had the same opinion when He created me. My armor, shielding and other defending parameters are one level above others like Enterprise. Since I do possess abilities outside the conventional aircraft carriers, I hope you would give them a thought. Also, I believe you have read all about my other data on the related documents, so I won't bother you further. If there are no other questions I need to answer, I wish to be brought to the aircraft carrier division ASAP. My pilot fairies prefer to maintain first-grade combat readiness.

Commissioning skipper: Albert W. Marshall

Keel laid: 8th January 1921

Launch: 3rd October 1925

Commissioned: 14th December 1927

Builder: Fore River Shipyard

STEC Notes: Historically, the Lexington is the United States' first true aircraft carrier, converted from a battlecruiser as a result of the Washington Naval Treaty. Despite knowing the imperfections in her design, the Americans elected to convert her on the basis of her speed, hangar capacity and construction progress due to the limitations on capital ship construction imposed by the treaty. After her launch, her crew would conduct exercises, formulate theories and lay the groundwork for future carrier operations. During the attack on Pearl Harbour, the Lexington was delivering aircraft to Midway Island and escaped the fate that befell Battleship Row. By the time she engaged the Japanese 24th air flotilla, she carried an experienced air group, which had laid the foundations on which future American pilots would build their victories. You may be interested in the Lexington class's participation in Fleet Problem 13 and 14.

Lexington would be sunk during the first aircraft carrier vs. aircraft carrier battle to ever take place (the Battle of the Coral Sea). Hit by two torpedoes, she lost both her elevators and