USS Lexington

Saturday was spent touring the USS Lexington. This aircraft carrier is permanently docked in Corpus Christi.It's nicknamed the "Blue Ghost" since Tokyo Rose (Japanese propagandist) kept reporting the Japanese had sunk it. But after it was reported, it would keep re-appearing. Besides it being a floating museum, it houses many historic fighter aircrafts on it's flight deck.

The USS Lexington was commissioned in 1943 and saw extensive service in the Pacific. It is the oldest remaining aircraft carrier in the world. Although permanently docked, it was used in filming the movie Pearl Harbor.

top of the ship

T-6 SNJ/TEXAN

We couldn't help but notice the A and J on the tail of this jet

Andy on the flight deck

Artillery being restored 

In the bridge

More instruments in the bridge