Portaaviones

Portaaviones Early aircraft carrier activity. Planes taking off from carriers at sea. Launching large new carrier Lexington, Panama Canal to Pacific. Routine wartime activities aboard USS Lexington. Sailors embark on ship, at attention on deck and waving goodbye to departing ship. Sailors cleaning decks, washing clothes, eating at canteen, in dormitory. Pilot briefing. Sailors dive from carrier and swim. Sailors pose on anchor chain. Group of sailors underneath hull and diving. Pacific battles on USS Lexington: alert - pilots’ briefing - Carrier planes take off. The ship's gun crews down several Japanese planes in a raging battle at sea. Lone soldier running on carrier platform under fire. Planes land on carrier.