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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — It was an experience like no other on the deck on the USS Lexington Saturday as all eyes were on the sky waiting for it to go from daytime to dusk. The citizens of Corpus ...
Following its commission in 1943, the USS Lexington was a combat aircraft carrier ... Routes explore different areas of the ship including the flight deck, the hangar deck, crew quarters and ...
The flight deck of the USS Lexington smelled of jet fuel Monday. Touch the wall, and soot rubbed off on your fingers. Overhead, the tip of a red wing dangled from a fuel tank. Naval investigators ...
Patricia Denkler landed a TA-4J Skyhawk on the deck of the USS Lexington on Sept. 25, 1981. History was made on the flight deck that day when she became the first female U.S. Navy aviator to ...
Call backed to service in September 1953, the USS Lexington was transferred to Puget Sound Navy Yard for major reconstruction, which included reconfiguring her flight deck to incorporate an angled ...