Hell, Saratoga survived the entire war with 8 battle stars while Essex, an aircraft carrier that entered service mid-war, ended up getting 13, just to put things in perspective.

Saratoga, on the other hand, spent so much of the war in the docks that she was given the rather unflattering nickname: 'Saratoga Maru'. Things got off to a flying start when Lexington entered the Battle of the Coral Sea, the first carrier battle in history, and immediately got herself sunk. If you've read most of my write-ups, you'll know that they essentially wrote the book on carrier warfare in the US Navy's fleet exercises but when they actually entered combat, well it all went to pot. With that out of the way, coming in as the 10th worst warship class of WWII:Д¬onverting battlecruisers to aircraft carriers proved to be a rather dodgy practice in the lead-up to WWII and the Lexington-class was no exception.

Also of note is the fact that a lot of effort goes into designing warships and catching design flaws so you're not going to see any naval equivalents of the Ferdinand or the Bob Semple. Hello folks, this is the partner to my best warships of WWII ranking and just to remind you of the rules: The criteria are how well (or in this case, badly) they did their job and how much of their country's resources they took up.

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