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USS Lexington (CV-16)
USS ''Lexington'' (CV/CVA/CVS/CVT/AVT-16), nicknamed "The Blue Ghost", is an built during World War II for the United States Navy. Originally intended to be named ''Cabot'', word arrived during construction that the had been lost in the Battle of the Coral Sea. She was renamed while under construction to commemorate the earlier ship. She was the fifth US Navy ship to bear the name in honor of the Revolutionary War Battle of Lexington.
''Lexington'' was commissioned in February 1943 and saw extensive service through the Pacific War. For much of her service, she acted as the flagship for Admiral Marc Mitscher, and led the Fast Carrier Task Force through their battles across the Pacific. She was the recipient of 11 battle stars and the Presidential Unit Citation. Following the war, ''Lexington'' was decommissioned, but was modernized and reactivated in the early 1950s, being reclassified as an attack carrier (CVA). Later, she was reclassified as an anti-submarine carrier (CVS). In her second career, she operated both in the Atlantic/Mediterranean and the Pacific, but spent most of her time, nearly 30 years, on the east coast as a training carrier (CVT).
''Lexington'' was decommissioned in 1991, with an active service life longer than any other ship. Following her decommissioning, she was donated for use as a museum ship in Corpus Christi, Texas. In 2003, ''Lexington'' was designated a National Historic Landmark. Though her surviving sister ships , , and carry lower hull numbers, ''Lexington'' was laid down and commissioned earlier, making ''Lexington'' the oldest remaining aircraft carrier in the world.
==Construction and commissioning==
The ship was laid down as ''Cabot'' on 15 July 1941 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Massachusetts. In May 1942, , which had been built in the same shipyard two decades earlier, was sunk at the Battle of the Coral Sea. In June, workers at the shipyard submitted a request to Navy Secretary Frank Knox to change the name of a carrier currently under construction there to ''Lexington''. Knox agreed to the proposal and ''Cabot'' was renamed as the fifth USS ''Lexington'' on 16 June 1942. She was launched on 23 September 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Theodore Douglas Robinson. ''Lexington'' was commissioned on 17 February 1943, with Captain Felix Stump USN in command.
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