The Blue Ghost: The Ship That Couldn't Be Sunk
- ISBN-10
- 189111834X
- ISBN-13
- 9781891118340
- Category
- Aircraft carriers
- Pages
- 72
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-01-01
- Author
- Art Giberson
Description
Lexington is a name woven into the pages of American naval history. Since the "shot heard around the world" was fired at Lexington, Massachusetts during the Revolutionary War, five United States warships have proudly carried on the tradition of the original Minutemen. The Blue Ghost captures the history of the fifth Lexington, from her many World War II exploits during which she destroyed more than 1,000 enemy planes, sunk 300,000 tons of enemy shipping and damaged another 600,000 tons, to her phenomenal achievement of recording more arrested landings than any other aircraft carrier in naval history. On December 20, 1962, the USS Lexington reported for duty in Pensacola, Florida, The Cradle of Naval Aviation, as a training carrier where she served until her decommissioning on November 26, 1991. Following her decommissioning, Lexington was towed to Corpus Christi, Texas where she continues to serve America as a floating Naval museum.--From publisher description.
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