LEXINGTON AVT 16

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Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

    Essex Class Aircraft Carrier
    Keel Laid July 15 1941 as CABOT
    Named changed June 16 1942
    Launched September 26 1942

  1. USS LEXINGTON CV-16
    Commissioned February 17 1943 - Decommissioned April 23 1947
    Reclassified Attack Aircraft Carrier (CVA) October 1 1952 While in reserve

  2. USS LEXINGTON CVA-16
    Recommissioned August 15 1955

  3. USS LEXINGTON CVS-16
    Reclassified Anti-Submarine Support Aircraft Carrier (CVS) October 1 1962

  4. USS LEXINGTON CVT-16
    Reclassified Training Carrier (CVT) January 1 1969

  5. USS LEXINGTON AVT-16
    Reclassified Auxiliary Aircraft Landing Training Ship (AVT) July 1 1978
    Decommissioned November 26 1991

    Struck from Naval Register November 30 1991
    Transferred January 23 1992 to the city of Corpus Christi, TX as a memorial

Naval Covers

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  1. Lexington Covers Page 1    (1944-91)

 

Postmarks

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Killer Bar Text

Date From
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Cover Image

Post Office Established March 15 1943 - Disestablished June 8 1946


 

Locy Type
2(n)

1946-02-10

As CV-16
Cachet by Walter G. Crosby


 

Locy Type
2#

(Br. #16094)

1945-12-25

As CV-16


 

Locy Type
2z

1945-09-28

As CV-16


 

Locy Type
7z*

1944-08-22

As CV-16
Censored wartime (WWII) use


 

Locy Type
9efsu

1945-05-23
to
1945-05-28

As CV-16
Mark from back of cover


 

Locy Type
F Sep 1945

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. L-33

1945-09-06

As CV-16


 

Locy Type
F Sep 6, 1945

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. L-33b

1945-09-06
to
1945-09-17

As CV-16


 

Locy Type
F Sep 6, 1945

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. L-33c

1945-09-06

As CV-16


 

Locy Type
F Sep 6, 1945

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. L-33i

1945-09-06

As CV-16


Post Office Reestablished August 15 1955 - Disestablished November 26 1991


 

Locy Type
2

1956-08-04

As CVA-16


 

Locy Type
2(n) (CVA)

1961-05-14

As CVA-16


 

Locy Type
2(n) (CVS,USS)

1956-08-04

As CVS-16


 

Locy Type
2t(n+u) (CVT,USS)

1970-07-20

As CVT-16


 

Locy Type
2-1(n+)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. L-33d

1978-11-21

As AVT-16
First Day of Use - New Cachet. Cover by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

Locy Type
2-1(n+)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. L-33d

1978-11-25

As AVT-16
Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

Locy Type
2-1(n+)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. L-33e

1983-12-20

As AVT-16
Cachet by Duane Rosendale


 

Locy Type
2-1(n+) (A,D1,USS)

1991-04-15

As AVT-16


 

Locy Type
7dit(n+u) (POW/MIA)

1972-06-12

As CVT-16


 

Locy Type
7n (C+,CVA)

1961-01-19

As CVA-16


 

Locy Type
7qt(n+u) (CVA,USS)

1963-02-12

As CVA-16


 

Locy Type
7qt(n+u) (CVS,USS)

1968-10-25

As CVS-16


 

Locy Type
7qt(n+u) (CVT,USS)

1973-02-17

As CVT-16


 

Locy Type
9efu

1956-08-04

As CVA-16


 

Locy Type
9-1(n+u)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. L-33f

1978-11-21

As AVT-16
First Day of Use - New Cachet. Cover by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

Locy Type
9-1(n+u)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. L-33g

1984-11-15

As AVT-16


 

Locy Type
LDC 2-1(n+) Nov 26, 1991

1991-11-26

As AVT-16
Last Day in Commission


 

Locy Type
LDC 9-1(n+u)

1991-11-26

As AVT-16
Last Day in Commission

 

Other Information

LEXINGTON earned 11 Battle Stars for WWII service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Presidential Unit Citation - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2) - Navy Expeditionary Service Medal - China Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (11 stars) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal ("Asia" clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (3) - Coast Guard Special Operations Service Ribbon - Philippine Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (2 stars)

NAMESAKE - Initially named CABOT after the first European explorer to reach the North American mainland. Renamed June 16 1942, to honor USS LEXINGTON CV-2 (lost one month earlier at the Battle of the Coral Sea), thus becoming the fifth U.S. warship to bear the name of the town in Massachusetts where Minutemen fought a detachment of British troops April 19 1775, opening the Revolutionary War with the "shot heard round the world."

 


 

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