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 serves ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Carson Manning began volunteering at the USS Lexington Museum in 2021. Last year, he discovered a lack of any memorial recognizing the victims of a torpedo attack in 1943. On ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Its been part of the North Beach landscape for 30 years, and this year -- our very own USS Lexington is celebrating her birthday. The ship reopened as a museum in 1992, and ...

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 the ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Ask anyone what it means to tour the majestic USS Lexington Museum, and you’ll likely get many highly energetic thumbs up approvals. “It represents that history of veterans and ...

The aircraft carriers employed by the United States Navy are truly works of engineering art. They're not just giant boats, they're entire traveling naval bases that are large enough to house thousands ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — On this day, 80 years ago, Japan officially surrendered to the allied powers, bringing an end to World War II (WWII). That surrender happened on the deck of the battleship USS ...

Not sure what to do during Spring Break? Visit the USS Lexington Museum on the Bay for its brand-new escape room: "Mission No. 3: Save Our Ship." The latest escape room, which costs $38, puts your and ...

After being apart for about 80 years, a husband and wife will finally be reunited and buried together in Japan. The process began with an emotional ceremony Thursday on Corpus Christi's waterfront ...