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 wreck of a US aircraft carrier that was sunk during World War Two has been found off the coast of Australia. The USS Lexington was found 3km (2 miles) underwater in the Coral Sea, about 800km ...

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 ...

The Washington Naval Treaty actively encouraged similar behavior in Japan and the United States, leading to the conversion ...