We can see the USS Lexington from the campground, so we had to do the tour. The Lexington CV16 was built by the Bethlehem Steel Co. of Quincy, Massachusetts and has a long history of action.
The Blue Ghost
The Flight Deck
The tour was setup into five categories that were self guided. It took us over three hours to complete the tour and I was so interested that I forgot to take pictures of most of the exhibits..I have an interest in WWII planes and the Radial engines, I'm amazed at what they were capable of engineering back in the 1930's.
This is a cutaway of an actual radial engine.
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Hi Paul and Joyce: This is Tom. My father served on the USS Saipan and I believed it was stationed in Corpus Christi. I really enjoyed reading about the USS Lexington. It brought back some pleasant memories.
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