Wyld45
June 15th, 2011, 07:17
Heres a few I couldnt squeeze on the other post.
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USS Lexington (CV/CVA/CVS/CVT/AVT-16), known as "The Blue Ghost", is one of 24 Essex-class (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_class_aircraft_carrier) aircraft carriers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_carrier) built during World War II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II) for the United States Navy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy). The ship, the fifth US Navy ship to bear the name, is named in honor of the Revolutionary War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War) Battle of Lexington (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lexington). She was originally to have been named Cabot, but she was renamed while under construction to commemorate USS Lexington (CV-2) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Lexington_(CV-2)), lost in the Battle of the Coral Sea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea) in May 1942.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Lexington_(CV-16)#cite_note-0)
Lexington was commissioned in February 1943, and served in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Theater_of_Operations), receiving the Presidential Unit Citation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Unit_Citation_(United_States)) and 11 battle stars for World War II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II) service. Like many of her sister ships, Lexington was decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, but was modernized and reactivated in the early 1950s, being reclassified as an attack carrier (CVA), and then an antisubmarine carrier (CVS). In her second career, she operated both in the Atlantic/Mediterranean and the Pacific, but spent most of her time, nearly 30 years, on the east coast as a training carrier (CVT).
She was decommissioned in 1991, remaining active longer than any other Essex-class (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_class_aircraft_carrier) ship, and was donated for use as a museum ship (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_ship) in Corpus Christi, Texas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Christi,_Texas). Lexington was designated a National Historic Landmark (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Historic_Landmark) in 2003. Though her surviving sisterships Yorktown (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Yorktown_(CV-10)), Intrepid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Intrepid_(CV-11)), and Hornet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hornet_(CV-12)) carry lower hull numbers, Lexington was laid down and commissioned earlier, making Lexington the oldest remaining aircraft carrier in the world.
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USS Lexington (CV/CVA/CVS/CVT/AVT-16), known as "The Blue Ghost", is one of 24 Essex-class (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_class_aircraft_carrier) aircraft carriers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_carrier) built during World War II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II) for the United States Navy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy). The ship, the fifth US Navy ship to bear the name, is named in honor of the Revolutionary War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War) Battle of Lexington (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lexington). She was originally to have been named Cabot, but she was renamed while under construction to commemorate USS Lexington (CV-2) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Lexington_(CV-2)), lost in the Battle of the Coral Sea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea) in May 1942.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Lexington_(CV-16)#cite_note-0)
Lexington was commissioned in February 1943, and served in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Theater_of_Operations), receiving the Presidential Unit Citation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Unit_Citation_(United_States)) and 11 battle stars for World War II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II) service. Like many of her sister ships, Lexington was decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, but was modernized and reactivated in the early 1950s, being reclassified as an attack carrier (CVA), and then an antisubmarine carrier (CVS). In her second career, she operated both in the Atlantic/Mediterranean and the Pacific, but spent most of her time, nearly 30 years, on the east coast as a training carrier (CVT).
She was decommissioned in 1991, remaining active longer than any other Essex-class (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_class_aircraft_carrier) ship, and was donated for use as a museum ship (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_ship) in Corpus Christi, Texas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Christi,_Texas). Lexington was designated a National Historic Landmark (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Historic_Landmark) in 2003. Though her surviving sisterships Yorktown (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Yorktown_(CV-10)), Intrepid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Intrepid_(CV-11)), and Hornet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hornet_(CV-12)) carry lower hull numbers, Lexington was laid down and commissioned earlier, making Lexington the oldest remaining aircraft carrier in the world.