Keywords: USS Lexington (CV-2) deck 1929 with F3B F6C T4M.jpeg The commissioning of the U S Navy large deck carriers USS Lexington CV-2 and USS Saratoga CV-3 in 1927 necessitated the creation of carrier air groups capable of executing torpedo bombing dive-bombing fighting and scouting missions Among the aircraft assigned to these first carrier air groups and pictured on the deck of Lexington were the Boeing F3B-1 radial engines front Curtiss F6C-3 Hawk and Martin T4M-1 aft http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 18595 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 488 011 005 1929 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Lexington CV-2 Boeing F3B Curtiss F6C Hawk Martin T3M |