Summary: The USS Lexington (CV-16), an Essex-class aircraft carrier, served in major WWII engagements and earned the nickname "The Blue Ghost." -Commissioned in 1943, it supported operations in ...

Following its commission in 1943, the USS Lexington was a combat aircraft carrier with the 5th Fleet at Pearl Harbor during World War II. Now, the retired ship rests in Corpus Christi Bay and ...

Two new aircraft carriers are being named after Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, continuing the Navy convention of naming ...

No nation has ever destroyed a U.S. aircraft carrier since. The USS Saratoga (CV-3) was a Lexington-class carrier that was ...