Uploaded June 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

---

was a fun trip :p
------------------------------------------
Check out my website! - raccstarlogan.com
Interested in my work? Commission me! - commissions.raccstarlogan.com
Buy my merch! - merch.raccstarlogan.com
------------------------------------------
Join the Discord! - discord.gg/jcggVFdGFr
Discord Supporters:
(none)
------------------------------------------
Support me on Ko-Fi! - ko-fi.com/raccstarlogan
Monthly Ko-Fi supporters:
(none)
------------------------------------------
Credits:
Most of the music used (except the last one) comes from the YouTube Audio Library. They’re made by MK2
The last song is Breakfast by KawaiSprite.If I forgot to credit you, please let me know in the comments!
------------------------------------------
Normal algorithm stuff:
USS Lexington (CV/CVA/CVS/CVT/AVT-16) is an Essex-class aircraft carrier built during World War II for the United States Navy. Originally intended to be named Cabot, the new aircraft carrier was renamed while under construction to commemorate the recently-lost USS Lexington (CV-2), becoming the sixth U.S. Navy ship to bear the name in honor of the Battle of Lexington.
Lexington was commissioned in February 1943 and saw extensive service through the Pacific War. For much of her service, she acted as the flagship for Admiral Marc Mitscher, and led the Fast Carrier Task Force through their battles across the Pacific. She was the recipient of 11 battle stars and the Presidential Unit Citation. Following the war, Lexington was decommissioned, but was modernized and reactivated in the early 1950s, being reclassified as an attack carrier (CVA). Later, she was reclassified as an antisubmarine carrier (CVS). In her second career, she operated both in the Atlantic/Mediterranean and the Pacific, but spent most of her time, nearly 30 years, in Pensacola, Florida, as a training carrier (CVT).
Lexington was decommissioned in 1991, with an active service life longer than any other Essex-class ship. Following her decommissioning, she was donated for use as a museum ship in Corpus Christi, Texas. In 2003, Lexington was designated a National Historic Landmark. Though her surviving sister ships Yorktown, Intrepid, and Hornet carry lower hull numbers, Lexington was laid down and commissioned earlier, making Lexington the oldest remaining fleet carrier in the world.