The USS Lexington, originally built as a battlecruiser and later converted into a fleet carrier, became a pivotal asset for ...

The USS Lexington used about seven tanks of ... the Navy had a side-wheel steamer with the name. The fourth Lexington was a battle cruiser converted to an aircraft carrier. At sea during the ...

The USS Lexington ... as a battlecruiser, it was later reclassified and became one of the largest and fastest ships of its time. In May 1942, during the Battle of the Coral Sea, Lexington and ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Aboard the USS Lexington the Veterans Band of Corpus Christi and the Miller High School NJROTC took part in the annual 'Salute to Our Veterans' event, honoring those who ...

During World War II, the USS Lexington loomed large in just about every major operation in the Pacific Theater. Its planes destroyed nearly 850 enemy aircraft, while its guns downed at least ...

The USS Lexington, a trailblazer in U.S. naval aviation, was discovered in 2018, lying two miles beneath the Coral Sea, where it sank during World War II. Originally designed as a battlecruiser ...

Retired United States Navy Capt. Robert "Bob" Batterson, a familiar face at the USS Lexington Museum on the Bay, died Friday, Aug. 11. The last known Pearl Harbor survivor in the Coastal Bend area ...

It included the construction of 10 battleships, six battlecruisers ... and eight 21-inch torpedo tubes. The Lexington-class would also be powered by a turbo-electric propulsion system, first adopted ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Did you know there have been five USS Lexington’s in our rich US Navy history? Yep. The Lexington’s legendary beginning happened in the American Revolutionary War.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The USS Lexington Museum was honored by the military order of the Purple Heart, Chapter 598, with a special proclamation designating the Lexington as a Purple Heart Museum.