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	USS Lexington (CV-16) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Lexington in the Bay of Corpus Christi at Corpus Christi, Texas in 2001 as a floating museum.
		Lexington marked her 200,000th arrested landing 17 October 1967, and was redesignated CVT-16 on 1 January 1969.
		Lexington was combat bound again 22 May, sailing via Alameda and Pearl Harbor for San Pedro Bay, Leyte where she joined Rear Adm. T.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Lexington_(CV-16) (1721 words)

	USS Lexington CV-16
		USS Lexington, a 27,100-ton Essex class aircraft carrier, was built at Quincy, Massachusetts.
		Decommissioned in November 1991, USS Lexington was transferred to a private organization in 1992 and became a museum ship at Corpus Christi, Texas.
		Lexington was back in the war zone by early March 1944 and took part in raids in the central Pacific and New Guinea areas during the next few months.
	www.grunts.net /navy/ships/lexington.html (1721 words)

	The USS Lexington CV-16
		Lexington flew close support for the assaulting troops the 19th to the 22nd of February, then sailed for further strikes against the Japanese home islands and the Nansei Shoto before heading for overhaul at Puget Sound.
		Lexington participated in every major naval campaign from Tarawa to Tokyo and was hit twice by the enemy.
		Lexington was nicknamed "The Blue Ghost" by the Japanese propagandist Tokyo Rose because she never wore the typical camouflage paint of all the other U.S. aircraft carriers.
	www.thecityofcorpuschristi.com /escape/historyoftheusslexington.html (1721 words)

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	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/16.html (1116 words)

	USS Lexington
		The fourth Lexington (CV-2) was an aircraft carrier first commissioned in 1927, and lost in the 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea.
		The first Lexington[?] was a 14-gun brigantine originally named Wild Duck purchased in 1776 and used by the Continental Navy[?] until her capture in 1777.
		The third Lexington[?] was a sidewheel steamer converted to a gunboat and used in the American Civil War.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/us/USS_Lexington.html (153 words)

	Pictures
		The USS Lexington CVA 16 underway in 1956.
		The USS Lexington CV-16 in Tokyo Bay in September 1945.
		The first launch and arrested landing on the USS Lexington CVA 16 by CDR George M. Douglass, Air Officer, on January 9, 1956.
	www.usslexingtoncv16.org /blueghostpic.htm (327 words)

	USS Yorktown CV-5 History
		Lexington battled for survival; but, despite the valiant efforts of her crew, she had to be abandoned.
		2 commenced dive-bombing Japanese ships at Lae at 0922.
		Lexington developed a list with three partially-flooded engineering spaces.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Quarters/8791/cv5hist.html (327 words)

	Battle of the Coral Sea -- Abandoning USS Lexington
		USS Lexington (CV-2) is abandoned, after she had been mortally damaged by fires and explosions during the afternoon of 8 May 1942.
		USS Lexington (CV-2) is abandoned, during the afternoon of 8 May 1942.
		USS Lexington (CV-2) burning during the afternoon of 8 May 1942, at the time she was abandoned.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/wwii-pac/coralsea/cs-5m.htm (327 words)

	USS Lexington CV-2 Memorial Page
		USS Lexington CV-2 (The Gray Lady) 8 Apr 1938
		USS Lexington off Diamond Head 2 Feb 1933
		USS Lexington At Anchor date and place unknown
	uss_lexington_cv2.tripod.com (327 words)

	USS Lexington Aircraft Carrier Ships Navy Military Government United States North America Regional
		USS Lexington (CV-2) Memorial Page - This page is dedicated to John B.Brandt USN (Ret.)and all the men who fought, served or died aboard her.
		USS Lexington CV 16 Association - This site is dedicated to the men and women who served on the aircraft carrier USS Lexington CV-16/CVA 16/CVS 16/CVT 16 and AVT 16.
		USS Lexington Aircraft Carrier Ships Navy Military Government United States North America Regional
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Regional/North_America/United_States/Government/Military/Navy/Ships/Aircraft_Carrier/USS_Lexington (327 words)

	US Navy & the Panama Canal
		The USS Lexington CV-2 was sunk during the battle of the Coral Sea during WWII.
		It's namesake USS Lexington CV-16, after a distinguished career, was stationed in Pensacola, FL for many years and was "the" carrier that the Navy used for training pilots to land on aircraft carriers.
		*USS Boggs DD-136, USS Hamilton DD-141 (behind Boggs).
	www.czbrats.com /Album/Photo_Album5.htm (327 words)

	On Deck: USS Lexington
		On Deck: USS Lexington -- USS Lexington (CV-16) was the eighth ESSEX class aircraft carrier authorized by the US Navy during World War Two.
		This "On Deck: USS Lexington" product is an example of this collection of auto enthusiast books, videos, and manuals, plus other topics for those interested in powerful machines used in both war and peace.
		After World War II, Lexington was modernized and became an attack carrier before reassignment as the Navy's training carrier in December of 1962.
	www.thingsworthhaving.com /mot-books/book/135532.html (327 words)

	Gallery
		Lexington, CV-2 - The third installment of the Warship Models of The National Museum of Naval Aviation, located on Pensacola Naval Air Station (NAS) is the "Lady Lex".
		USS Enterprise, CVN-65, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 Bert Legaspi built the Revell 1/720 Scale Model with some scratch-building, most notably, the island.
		USS Essex CVA-9, Attack Carrier, Hasegawa 1:700 Scale - The USN
	www.steelnavy.com /gallery_aircraft_carriers.htm (327 words)

	Ex Astris Scientia - Federation Ship Names L-Z
		USS Lexington CV-2 and USS Lexington CV-16, US aircraft carriers, also a battle site in the American Revolutionary War
		2) Starfleet named the ship with a definite "Northern" bias, not choosing the name CSS Virginia that the ship bore during the battle with the USS Monitor.
		2) Sisko's line "Hello, ship." is taken from the book and film The Sand Pebbles about the fictional gunboat
	www.ex-astris-scientia.org /articles/name_origins2.htm (327 words)

	Pictures
		The first launch and arrested landing on the USS Lexington CVA 16 by CDR George M. Douglass, Air Officer, on January 9, 1956.
		The USS Lexington was the first United States naval ship to have women as a part of the ships crew (1980).
		The COD leaves the USS Lexington after delivering mail in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 1980's.
	www.usslexingtoncv16.org /blueghostpic.htm (327 words)

	American Welding Society Section News
		Lexington continued her strikes on enemy targets in the central and western Pacific, including the October 24 Battle of Leyte Gulf, where her planes joined in sinking Japan's superbattleship and scored hits on three cruisers, and the February 1945 Iwo Jima operation, until she headed to Puget Sound for an overhaul.
		Lexington was once again combat bound in May when she returned to participate in the last two months of the Pacific War.
		Lexington was nicknamed "The Blue Ghost" by propagandist Tokyo Rose because she never wore the camouflage paint of the other U.S. carriers, and because she was reported by the Japanese as sunk four times.
	www.aws.org /sections/uss_lexington.html (327 words)

	USN Ships--USS Lexington (CV-16, later CVA-16, CVS-16, CVT-16 & AVT-16)
		USS Lexington, a 27,100-ton Essex class aircraft carrier, was built at Quincy, Massachusetts.
		In 1962, she was transferred to the Atlantic to relieve USS Antietam as the Navy's training carrier.
		For this purpose, she was redesignated CVS-16 in October 1962, but briefly remained in the attack carrier role for a few more months during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-l/cv16.htm (1147 words)

	ABQjournal: USS Lexington an Impressive Memorial
		Lexington was destined for the scrap yard when the city of Corpus Christi, which has long ties with naval aviation, made a bid to save the venerable warship.
		Representing Lexington's days as a training carrier, when she had been retrofitted with steam catapults to handle jets, are aircraft that span more than 30 years of naval aviation.
		Maintained in mint condition, Lexington today is an impressive memorial to the era when a stunned nation rebounded from the disaster and turmoil of Pearl Harbor to fashion the largest and most powerful Navy the world had ever seen.
	www.abqjournal.com /venue/travel/556364travel12-30-01.htm (1320 words)

	USS Lexington CV-16
		CV-16 was built as the USS Cadot, but was renamed just before she launched in the fall of 1942.
		CV-2 was sunk at the Battle Of Coral Sea early in World War II.
		In the battle, the Lexington took a Kamikaze hit to the island, after which, the Japanese again claimed she was sunk.
	www.visi.com /~jweeks/carriers/lexington.html (390 words)

	USS Lexington -- Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
		USS Lexington (CV-16) was launched in 1942 as a welded, steel hull, Essex-class aircraft carrier with an overall length of 872 feet and a length along the waterline of 820 feet.
		The USS Lexington, a National Historic Landmark, is now the USS Lexington Museum on the Bay, located in Corpus Christi Bay at 2914 N. Shoreline Blvd., just off Hwy.
		As an Essex-class carrier, Lexington is also important for illustrating the development of aircraft carrier design, the refinement of multi-carrier operations, and the integration of aviation as a primary strike weapon in naval strategy.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/aviation/lex.htm (712 words)

	U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers
		17, 1943 - USS Lexington (CV 16) commissioned, Capt. Felix B. Stump in command.
		The ship launched as CV 22 on 22 Aug. 1942 by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J. This was the first of nine light carriers of her class constructed on Cleveland class cruiser hulls.
		She was redesignated as CV 28 on Jun. 2, 1942, and renamed Cabot on Jun. 23.
	www.navy.mil /navydata/ships/carriers/cv-hist2b.html (835 words)

	LDJ Trust - Historic Ships
		USS Oriskany, CV 34 -- stricken 1989 Jul 25; sold for scrap 1993 Jan 26 (defaulted) and 1995 Sep 29; scrap contract revoked 1997 Jul 1; at Mare Island pending disposal.
		USS Yorktown, CV 10 -- stricken 1973 Jun 1; preserved as memorial at Charleston, SC.
		USS Essex, CV 9 -- stricken 1973 Jun 1; scrapped at Kearny, NJ.
	www.jreality.com /ldj/l.ships/AVT16.html (1537 words)

	USS Lexington - Corpus Christi, Texas
		USS Lexington was the final museum stop on the 2001 Ship Tour.
		One special treat waiting for me was one of the screws from USS Cabot, the last surviving light carrier, tragically scrapped in Brownsville, Texas in the spring of 2001.
		The Lexington has been serving as a museum since 1992, after serving her country since her commissioning in 1943.
	www.taskforce1.org /lexington.htm (264 words)

	Historic Naval Ships Visitors Guide - USS Lexington
		A petition submitted to the Secretary of the Navy by the vessel's construction work force asked that she be named for the CV-2 scuttled by the Navy after sustaining serious damage in the Battle of the Coral Sea in May, 1942.
		Lexington was nicknamed "The Blue Ghost" by the Japanese propagandist Tokyo Rose because she never wore the typical camouflage paint of all the other U.S. aircraft carriers.
		Lexington participated in every major naval campaign from Tarawa to Tokyo and was hit twice by the enemy.
	www.hnsa.org /ships/lexington.htm (272 words)

	USS LEXINGTON CLUB STATION
		USS Lexington CV-16 was commissioned 17 February 1943.
		In 1962, Lexington began her career as a training carrier in Pensacola, FL, where she served for almost 30 years, she was decommissioned 26 November 1991.
		Lexington earned her nickname "Blue Ghost", because of her non-camouflaged blue color scheme and the fact that she was repeatedly, and incorrectly reported sunk by the Japanese propagandist, Tokyo Rose.
	www.qsl.net /w5lex/usslex.htm (303 words)

	US Navy & the Panama Canal
		The USS Lexington CV-2 was sunk during the battle of the Coral Sea during WWII.
		It's namesake USS Lexington CV-16, after a distinguished career, was stationed in Pensacola, FL for many years and was "the" carrier that the Navy used for training pilots to land on aircraft carriers.
		The USS Arkansas was in the Atlantic at the attack on Pearl Harbor.
	www.czbrats.com /Album/Photo_Album5.htm (373 words)

	USS Lexington - CV 16
		Get cool gear customized with the USS Lexington - CV 16 insignia!
		members of life on the lexington ( Michael Miller)
		Designed to cover great distances at high speeds, carriers execute a variety of tactical and strategic missions and provide rapid response to crises that fall short...
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitCreatedPage/0,11003,200192,00.html (373 words)

	USS Lexington - CV 16 Hand made wooden model
		USS Lexington - CV 16 Hand made wooden model
	mikesshipmodels.com /ships/uss_lexington.html (373 words)

	USS Lexington CV 16 Association
		The Year 2004 USS Lexington CV 16 Association reunion is in Colorado Springs, Colorado on September 7 through 12th at the DoubleTree Hotel.
	www.usslexingtoncv16.org (373 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - USS Lexington (CV-2)
		On February 20, Lexington 's planes accounted for seventeen of eighteen Japanese planes that attacked the ship, and Lieutenant E. "Butch" O'Hare was awarded the Medal of Honor for downing five of them.
		But on January 11, 1942, Lexington sailed for the Coral Sea as flagship of Vice Admiral Wilson Brown's Task Force 11 in an effort to thwart Japanese advances against supply routes to Australia.
		In addition to her 8-inch and 5-inch gun batteries (which were augmented by increased antiaircraft protection as time went on), Lexington was originally intended to carry 90 aircraft; and despite the dramatic increase in the size of carrier aircraft, by the opening of World War II, she still carried 88 planes.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_054700_usslexingto1.htm (373 words)

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