Lexington ( USS Lexington (CV / CVA / CVS / CVT / AVT-16) ), also known as The Blue Ghost, is an American aircraft carrier of the Essex type from the Second World War .
| Lexington | |
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| USS Lexington (CV / CVA / CVS / CVT / AVT-16) | |
 Lexington aircraft carrier leaves Puget Sound shipyard after conversion to SCB-27C project, 1955 | |
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| Named after | |
| Class and type of vessel | Essex Aircraft Carrier |
| Organization |  US Navy |
| Manufacturer | Fore river shipyard |
| Construction started | July 15, 1941 |
| Launched | September 23, 1942 |
| Commissioned | February 17, 1943 |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | November 8, 1991 |
| Status | Museum ship |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 23 785 t dry 26,669 t standard 34 881 t full |
| Length | 265.9 m |
| Width | 45.0 m |
| Height | 24.9 m from keel to flight deck |
| Draft | 8.4 m with full displacement |
| Reservation | belt: 64-102 mm traverses: 102 mm deck: 64 + 37 mm tiller compartment: 64-102 mm conning tower roof: 37 mm cable and elevator housings: 25–64 mm |
| Engines | 8 water - tube boilers of the Babcock-Wilcox type 4 turbines of the Westinghouse type |
| Power | 150 000 h.p. |
| Mover | four |
| Speed | 33 knots maximum |
| Sailing range | 15,000 miles at 15 knots |
| Crew | staffing 2386 people, including 215 officers, actually up to 3106 people, including 226 officers |
| Armament | |
| Radar weapons | Radar detection of air targets SK and SC-2 , 2 radar detection of surface targets SG |
| Flak | 6 × 2 127 mm / 38 Mk. 12 8 × 4 40 mm Bofors Mk.2 46 × 1 20 mm Oerlikon Mk.4 |
| Aviation group | 91-103 aircraft |
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Construction
When laying the ship received the name "Cabot" ( Eng. "Cabot" ). However, on June 16, 1942, it was renamed Lexington in honor of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-2) , which died in May of the same year during the Battle of the Coral Sea .
Laid on July 15, 1941 at the Fore River Shipyard . Launched on September 23, 1942. It entered service on February 17, 1943.
Service
Arrived at Pearl Harbor on August 9, 1943. He participated in the hostilities against Japan at the Pacific theater of operations , receiving 11 battle stars.
April 23, 1947 removed to the reserve.
It was modernized according to the SCB-27C project at the Puget Sound NSY shipyard ( Washington state ). It went into operation on September 1, 1955.
Since 1962, it was used as a training aircraft carrier at the Center for the training of marine pilots in Pensacola , making training voyages in the Gulf of Mexico.
October 1, reclassified to CVA-16.
October 1, 1962 reclassified to CVS-16.
July 1, 1969 reclassified to CVT-16.
July 1, 1978 reclassified to AVT-16.
Withdrew from the combat fleet on November 8, 1991 and November 30, 1991 decommissioned.
Since November 14, 1992 it has been opened as a floating museum in the city of Corpus Christi ( Texas )