Myself and best friend spent most of the day visiting the USS Lexington CV-16 Museum in Corpus Cristi, Texas.

On par with other fantastic Texas Museums such as the Nimitz Museum in Fredericksburg, this was full of artifacts and information . Having visited a number of shipboard museums, I was amazed at the amount of areas open to the public, and the depth and quality of the exhibits.

The “Blue Ghost” has quite a story behind her. First named the CABOT while under construction, it was renamed the LEXINGTON after the original Lex (CV-2) was sunk at Coral Sea. This is also the carrier from on which Sen. John McCain served, before being shot down over Vietnam.

Here a a number of photos of the upper flight and hanger deck displays. Although we were able to explore some of the lower decks, we ran out of time, so there are only a couple of photos there.

This museum deserves a full day’s attention to try and get all you can from the experience. I hope you enjoy some of the snapshots.