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USS Lexington Museum, Corpus Christi, TX |
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USS Lexington Museum, Corpus Christi, Texas |
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The USS Lexington Museum is a ship which was made in the era of during World War II to serve the United States Navy. For today, this ship is being used as one of the famous museum located in Corpus Christi. It has approx 100,000 sq. ft. of area including 11 decks. It was commissioned in 1943 to 1991.
Within that duration, the USS Lexington it served while destroying a recorded 847 aircrafts and other ground combat equipments of enemy in 20 months of its combat.
Once aboard the USS Lexington , once can see a ship, people to whom it belongs and a patriotic message. The USS Lexington provides tourists variety of itineraries on tours, which suits the interest of everybody, it has something for everyone It has a collection of rare 20 vintage aircrafts, displayed aboard, including a tomcat and an F-14.
The USS Lexington was made to sunk 4 times in its history, this led the Japanese to give this ship a name i.e. "The Blue Ghost". This ship is at the moment the only floating museum in the Corpus Christi bay.
The USS Lexington Museum is one of the most famous landmarks of Corpus Christi calling to visit and experience the might and sheer presence of something patriotic for generations to come, to see and to feel proud of their strong and enriched history. One can visit this museum any day throughout the week. |
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