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    USS Lexington

    I brought my Wife Downtown to the Omni Bayfront Plaza Hotel for her Birthday Party. I took a couple of Pictures of the Famous "Blue Ghost" from the View of our Room. We have had this Honorable Aircraft Carrier here since 2001. The 3rd Picture is are Harbour Bridge were Right under it about a 100 yards North of it is 2 US Navy Heavy Equipment Transport Ships always on Standby for Ft. Hood and the Corpus Christi Army Depot. C-CAD

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    USS Lexington nicknamed "The Blue Ghost", is an Essex-class aircraft carrier built during World War II for the United Statesicon Navy. Originally intended to be named Cabot, word arrived during construction that the USS Lexington (CV-2) had been lost in the Battle of the Coral Sea. She was renamed while under construction to commemorate the earlier ship.[4] She was the fifth US Navy ship to bear the name in honor of the Revolutionary War Battle of Lexington.

    Lexington was commissioned in February 1943 and saw extensive service through the Pacific War. For much of her service, she acted as the flagship for Admiral Marc Mitscher, and led the Fast Carrier Task Force through their battles across the Pacific. She was the recipient of 11 battle stars and the Presidential Unit Citation. Following the war, Lexington was decommissioned, but was modernized and reactivated in the early 1950s, being reclassified as an attack carrier (CVA). Later, she was reclassified as an anti-submarine 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).
    Lexington was decommissioned in 1991, with an active service life longer than any other Essex-class ship. Following her decommissioning, she was donated for use as a museum ship in Corpus Christi, Texas. In 2003, Lexington was designated a National Historic Landmark. Though her surviving sister ships Yorktown, Intrepid, and Hornet carry lower hull numbers, Lexington was laid down and commissioned earlier, making Lexington the oldest remaining fleet carrier in the world.
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    I seem to recall hearing that either no Essex class carriers have ever been lost to enemy action or just a single one during WW2?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying10uk View Post
    I seem to recall hearing that either no Essex class carriers have ever been lost to enemy action or just a single one during WW2?
    Your Correct the The USS Lexington CV-2 was damaged beyong repair by the Japaneseicon in the Battle of the Coral Sea then it was Scuttled by US Battleships. The USS Lexington CV -16 was built to be a Essex Class and was in the Battle of Midway.

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    You're in my hometown!
    If you get the chance, going in is worth it. I've been on battleships, subs, etc, and nothing is quite like a carrier. Plus they have a bring back type 99 with Lexington capture papers. Pretty cool.

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    Looks like another reason to come down there...I've seen the Iowa in old Port of LA and several visits from USS Carl Vincent and USS Abe Lincoln here in Victoria but not one of these.
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    We also had a Los Angeles Class Fast Attack Submarine named USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN 705). It was to be named USS Corpus Christi, but some People had problems using that name because of the meaning of Corpus Christi in Latin and it didn't fare to we'll with a lot of Christian people who petitioned to have the name changed using it on a Ship of War. That's when the Navy change it to USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN 705). The Tour I had was Amazing inside this Really Nice Submarine.

    I also have visited the Captured 2 man Japaneseicon Mini-Sub from the attack on Pearl Harbor in Fredericksburg, TX. Inside of it was deplorable. I can't believe how 2 Japanese Sailors operated this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by imntxs564 View Post
    Your Correct the The USS Lexington CV-2 was damaged beyong repair by the Japaneseicon in the Battle of the Coral Sea then it was Scuttled by US Battleships. The USS Lexington CV -16 was built to be a Essex Class and was in the Battle of Midway.
    Just a few corrections. The Lexington CV-2 was a Lexington Class aircraft carrier built on a battlecruiser hull. It was scuttled by the destroyer Phelps, the US had no battleships at the Battle of the Coral Sea. The USS Lexington CV-16 was not at the battle of Midway. The three carriers at Midway were the Enterprise, the Yorktown and the Hornet. All three are Yorktown class carriers. All Essex class carriers survived WWII.

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    Correct...I did not mentioned that is was designed originally to be a Battlecruiser, she was converted into one of the Navy's first aircraft carriers during construction to comply with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty which essentially terminated all new Battleship and Battlecruiser construction.

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    So are we saying that no Essex class carriers have ever been lost due to enemy action?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying10uk View Post
    no Essex class carriers have ever been lost due to enemy action
    That's what he's saying. Here's the link that shows you their disposal. http://www.uss-bennington.org/essex.html

    Don't mistake a ship's name from a former or latter ship as being that ship...
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