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Visitors and staff were removed from the USS Lexington in Corpus Christi on Wednesday while fire crews fought a fire onboard the retired aircraft carrier. There were no injuries. The fire was ...
The American aircraft carrier USS Lexington, known as the Lady Lex ... Two who were with him became disoriented and headed back into the fire to their deaths. Fires sealed off some of the exits ...
Crowds of people starting showing up around 10:00 a.m. but by 11:30 a.m. it was a full house on board the USS Lexington. By the time the ring of fire came along, what many were waiting for ...
The USS Lexington used about seven tanks of fuel despite serving in active duty longer than any other aircraft carrier in the history of naval aviation. The 880-foot long ship had the capacity to ...
Summary: The USS Lexington, a trailblazer in U.S. naval aviation ... while two Wildcats were lost to defensive fire. O’Hare was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions and received a thousand ...