Lexington (Aircraft carrier : 1943-1991)

LC control no.	n 80152860
Corporate name heading	Lexington (Aircraft carrier : 1943-1991) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Lexington (U.S. aircraft carrier, 2d of the name) CV-16 (Aircraft carrier) CVA-16 (Aircraft carrier) AVT-16 (Aircraft carrier) Blue Ghost (Aircraft carrier) Lady Lex (Aircraft carrier) USS Lexington (Aircraft carrier)
See also	USS Lexington Museum on the Bay (Corpus Christi, Tex.) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Found in	Bryan, J. Mission beyond darkness, 1945. United States. An Act to Permit the Transfer before the Expiration ... 1992: p. 1 (transfer ... of ... training aircraft carrier U.S.S. Lexington (AVT-16) to Corpus Christi, Texas, for use as a naval museum and memorial) Phone call to Seapower subcom. of U.S. House Armed Services Committee, 5/92 (AVT-16 same as CV-16; different military designations of same carrier) Phone call to visitors bureau, Corpus Christi, Tex., 5/12/92 (carrier decommissioned Nov. 8, 1991) USS Lexington, c1994: t.p. (USS Lexington)
Not found in	Carrier Lexington, c1995: pub. info. (aircraft carrier Lexington, commissioned 1943; decommissioned 1991) foreword (opened Oct. 1992 as non-profit naval museum, USS Lexington Museum on the Bay, Corpus Christie, Tex.)