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Four Lexingtons mark evolution of U S Navy ships and era
Historian John Dickinson Sherman traces the Rodgers family and four Lexingtons from the Revolutionary era to the new aircraft carrier Lexington. Commander John Rodgers led the PN-9 flight and helped shape naval aeronautics, while the Lexington now pioneers a future where airplanes are a central defense asset.
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OHN Rodgers
Lexington
United States Navy
John Rodgers
President
Air Board
Navy
Bureau of Aeronautics
William A. Moffett
Naval
John Paul Jones
New Haven Journal-Courier
New Haven
Rodgerses
Philadelphia
George Washington Rodgers
Rodgers
San Francisco
Honolulu
Kauai
Havre de Grace
Baltimore
John
Constellation
Nevis
W. I
Porter
St. Kitts
Tripoli
Tunis
New York
Belvidera
North Point
Fort McHenry
Francis Scott Key
Naval Commission
Mediterranean
John Rogers
Brazil
Florida
Vincennes
Arctic
Ohio
Mississippi
Cairo
James River
Port Royal
Dupont
Fort Walker
Weehawken
Atlanta
Wassaw Sound
Georgia
Congress
Mare Island Navy Yard
Naval Observatory
Continental Congress
Ireland
Alert
New York Navy Yard
Atlantic
M. C. Perry
Japan
Cincinnati
Mound City
Ill
Oregon
Pacific
Santiago
Cuba
Cervera
Yonder Harbor
Boston
Wilbur