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:''This article is about real-life ships named the ''USS Lexington''. For fictional starships named the ''USS Lexington'' in Star Trek, see USS Lexington (Star Trek).''
Five ships of the United States Navy have borne the name '''Lexington''', after Lexington, Massachusetts, where the colonial militia first fought back against the British in "the shot heard 'round the world".
★ The first ''Lexington'' was a 14-gun brigantine originally named ''Wild Duck'' purchased in 1776 and used by the Continental Navy until her capture in 1777.
★ The second ''Lexington'' was a 24-gun sloop commissioned in 1826 and sold in 1860.
★ The third ''Lexington'' was a sidewheel steamer converted to a gunboat and used in the American Civil War.
★ The fourth ''Lexington'' (CV-2) was an aircraft carrier first commissioned in 1927, and lost in the 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea. Her hull was originally laid down as CC-1, a ''Lexington''-class battle cruiser.
★ The fifth ''Lexington'' (CV-16) was commissioned in 1943, fought in the rest of the Pacific War, and is now a museum ship in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Five ships of the United States Navy have borne the name '''Lexington''', after Lexington, Massachusetts, where the colonial militia first fought back against the British in "the shot heard 'round the world".
★ The first ''Lexington'' was a 14-gun brigantine originally named ''Wild Duck'' purchased in 1776 and used by the Continental Navy until her capture in 1777.
★ The second ''Lexington'' was a 24-gun sloop commissioned in 1826 and sold in 1860.
★ The third ''Lexington'' was a sidewheel steamer converted to a gunboat and used in the American Civil War.
★ The fourth ''Lexington'' (CV-2) was an aircraft carrier first commissioned in 1927, and lost in the 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea. Her hull was originally laid down as CC-1, a ''Lexington''-class battle cruiser.
★ The fifth ''Lexington'' (CV-16) was commissioned in 1943, fought in the rest of the Pacific War, and is now a museum ship in Corpus Christi, Texas.
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