USS LEXINGTON Former Crew Member

Name: Laumeister, Francis William

Email: [email protected]

Rank/Duty Assigned: Engine room

This is my wife’s father. He worked in the engineering room . He was on the ship when it was attacked in the Coral Sea and subsequently scuttled. He told stories of seeing gun crew vibrate and disappear from the concussion of enemy bomb concussion. He also said that when the scuttle order was given he and others grabbe ice cream from,the galley before