Originally designated Cabot, her name was changed to commemorate the recently-lost USS Lexington (CV-2) – sunk at the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942. CV-16 was the fifth ship to bear the ...

During World War II, the original aircraft carrier USS Lexington, launched in 1925, was sunk by the Japanese in the Battle of the Coral Sea. That episode of the sinking of the Lexington occurred on ...

and the USS Lexington, which luckily wasn't at Pearl Harbour, was called straight into action. She is best remembered for her ...