Rear Adm. David W. Taylor (left), chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair, and Rear Adm. John K. Robinson (right), chief of the Bureau of Engineering, hold a model of the battle cruisers (CC-1 class) then under construction, March 8, 1922. In the foreground is a model of an aircraft carrier design converted from the battle cruiser hull. This photo illustrates the genesis of the Lexington (CV-2) class aircraft carrier design. Standing in the background are (from left to right): Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics; Congressman Frederick C. Hicks of New York; Congressman Clark Burdick of Rhode Island; and Congressman Philip D. Swing of California. (Photographed at the Navy Department by Harris & Ewing. Photograph from Department of the Navy collections in the U.S. National Archives – 80-CF-385b)
| Date Taken: | 05.09.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 05.15.2018 17:27 |
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