USS Lexington CV2 - 1942Lexington Class Aircraft CarrierSister ship of the USS Saratoga CV3
The stock Lexington in the game represents the general configuration of the warship up to March 1942. She underwent significant alterations to her armament in March 1942 prior to the Battle of Coral Sea.
At this time both Lexington and Saratoga had their 8in turrets removed in order to make space for a greatly increased AA armament. The turrets were installed in coastal defences on Oahu.
After the turrets were removed Saratoga went east to the US for a major refit. Lexington however could not be spared and was refitted with whatever was available at Pearl.
Lexington at the Battle of Coral Sea - by Marii ChernevCommissioned: 14 December 1927
Sunk: 8 May 1942 at Battle of Coral Sea
General characteristics:Displacement: 49,000 long tons
Length: 271.00m
Beam: 32.14m
Draught: 7.39m
Speed: 34.8 knots
Armament After March 1942 Refit:12 × single 5in guns (12x1)
13 × 28mm quad guns AA (13x4)
28 × 7.62mm AA (28x1)
20 × 20mm Oerlikon AA (20x1)
Aircraft carried: May 1942 VF-2(22 F4F), VB-2(18 SBD), VT-2 (12 TBD), VS-2 (18 SBD), total 70 aircraft.
VF-Fighters, VB-Bombers, VT-Torpedoes, VS-Scouts
Service History (after refit):Sortied from Pearl Harbour on 15th April 1942
Re-joined the USS Yorktown Task Force TF-17 on 1st May 1942.
TF-17 moves into the Coral Sea to counter Japanese expansion in response to reports of IJN fleet concentrations in the area.
7th May 1942 search planes locate elements of the IJN fleet. Lexingtons air group sinks the light carrier Shoho.
8th May 1942 IJN main fleet with the carriers Shokaku and Zuikaku located.
Air groups from Yorktown and Lexington hit Shokaku putting the flight deck out of action.
Just before mid-day Lexington is struck by two torpedoes and three bombs.
Subsequent explosions cause fires which go out of control.
At 17:07 the ship is abandoned. Ship scuttled by torpedoes from the destroyer USS Phelps DD-360.
Although it was a tactical victory for the Japanese, the battle was a strategic victory for the Americans. In other words, Japan inflicted more damage during the battle but the Americans fared better in the long run, and for two reasons. First, the Americans had turned back the Japanese for the first time in the war, providing a much-needed morale boost to the allies. Second, because of Japanese aircraft losses and damage suffered here, the two Japanese heavy aircraft carriers at Coral Sea could not participate in the crucial Battle of Midway, one month later, in which Japan lost all four of its aircraft carriers. If the two Japanese carriers at Coral Sea had been able to fight at Midway, the outcome of the Midway battle -- and the war -- might have been very different.
Download: https://www.mediafire.com/?vvnavc8yb9wbwkyThe java classes are superceded by the latest set which is in the USN PackInstallation Instructions:If you already have the Yorktown Class installed
do not use the class files included with this download.
Lexington is included in the Yorktown class files.
Checked with HSFX5 for v4.10 with SAS Mod Activator - Classic Mod Installation
Extract the contents of the download to a temporary folder on Desktop.
Detailed instructions are included in the folder.
Paste the ShipAshe folder into your Mods folder. No files will be overwritten in your existing folder.
Folder structure should be: game root\Mods\ShipAshe\3do\Ships\USSLexingtonCV2_42\
Edits are required to ship.ini, chief.ini, stationary.ini and technics_ru.properties. Refer to the detailed instructions.
Additional optional edits may be added to the ship.ini file (located in root\Mods\STD\i18n (do not confuse with ships.ini)
References:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Lexington_%28CV-2%29http://www.delsjourney.com/uss_neosho/coral_sea/battle_of_coral_sea/summary.htmCredits:1C - Original model and skin textures
Asheshouse - Alterations to 3D model and gun arrangements, new class files
Back up your files before doing any editing.
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