The annual fireworks viewing party is back this Friday. This event gives you a front row seat to the Mayor's Big Bang ...

In an act Defense Secretary Hegseth said is not about politics, the Pentagon has renamed a naval ship that honored a gay ...

The USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group has set sail from the U.S. on a journey that may eventually lead it toward the ...

The federal government recognises three American ships sunk by Japanese torpedoes in 1942 killing more than 600 men as having national historical significance.

The USS Lexington, originally built as a battlecruiser and later converted into a fleet carrier, became a pivotal asset for the US Navy during World War II and earned the nickname “Lady Lex ...

The USS Lexington used about seven tanks of fuel despite serving in active duty longer than any other aircraft carrier in the history of naval aviation. The 880-foot long ship had the capacity to ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Aboard the USS Lexington the Veterans Band of Corpus Christi and the Miller High School NJROTC took part in the annual 'Salute to Our Veterans' event, honoring those who ...

Essex-Class (CV-16) USS Lexington: WWII Aircraft Carrier Hero Now a Floating Museum For more than three decades, the city of Corpus Christi, Texas, has been home to one the longest serving Essex ...

Commissioned in 1943, the USS Lexington originally was named USS Cabot. That changed when word hit the shipyard that the USS Lexington, CV-2, had been lost at the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942.