Early in her service, USS Lexington (CV 2) employed her turboelectric power plant to assist in providing electricity to Tacoma, WA, when drought conditions caused a shortage of hydroelectric power. Between December 1929 and January 1930, the aircraft carrier supplied 4,251,160 kilowatt-hours of energy.
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