This is one of seven Douglas TBD-1 Devastator aircraft found with the USS Lexington so far. (Paul G. Allen) The sea battle is also famous for being the first in which the opposing ships did not ...

Patricia Denkler landed a TA-4J Skyhawk on the deck of the USS Lexington on Sept. 25, 1981. History was made on the flight deck that day when she became the first female U.S. Navy aviator to ...