USS Lexington Museum

10/09/2026

A night of music, dancing, and stepping back in time aboard the USS Lexington Museum! 🎶 Our Stage Door Canteen brings people together for an evening worth celebrating.

We’re excited to be nominated for Event of the Year at the State of Tourism! Help us bring home the win—vote for Stage Door Canteen at the link in the comments below. 🗳️

Keep an eye out for next year’s Stage Door Canteen on February 19, 2027. More details to come!

10/08/2026

10/08/2026

Today, October 8, is National Hero Day.

Behind every ship’s story are the people who served aboard her. ⚓

This National Hero Day, the USS Lexington Museum honors the courage, service, and dedication of those who served, along with the everyday heroes who make a difference in our communities.

Who is a hero in your life? Tell us about them in the comments. 🇺🇸

10/06/2026

60,000 followers! Thank you for being part of the USS Lexington Museum community. ⚓

Whether you’ve visited the ship, served aboard, or followed along from afar, we appreciate you sharing in her story.

Now we want to hear from you! What would you like to see more of on our page? Ship history, behind-the-scenes projects, former crew stories, aircraft, or a closer look at different areas aboard?

Share your ideas in the comments! 💬

10/05/2026

There’s a lot to celebrate aboard the LEX! ⚓ We’re excited to have three nominations for the State of Tourism awards:

🏆 Attraction of the Year: USS Lexington Museum
🏆 Event of the Year: Stage Door Canteen
🏆 Service Professional of the Year: Starla Shuck – USS Lexington Museum

Your support means so much to our crew! Help us bring home a win by casting your votes in all three categories.

The link to vote is in the comments down below!

10/02/2026

There’s plenty to be scared of around here! 👻 Come aboard for Haunting on the Blue Ghost- if you dare…

Celebrate the Halloween season by visiting one of these haunted houses in Corpus Christi. See link below ⬇️

📸 John Oliva/Caller-Times

10/01/2026

This Day in History
October 1

Two of USS Lexington’s five Navy classifications were assigned on October 1—one in 1952 and another exactly ten years later, in 1962.

USS Lexington (CV-16) entered service in 1943 as an aircraft carrier and served in the Pacific during World War II. In 1947, the Navy took her out of service and placed her in reserve.

On October 1, 1952, while still in reserve, she was redesignated USS Lexington (CVA-16), an attack aircraft carrier. She underwent modernization and returned to active service in 1955, operating in that role for the next several years.

On October 1, 1962, her classification changed again to USS Lexington (CVS-16) as the Navy prepared her for a new assignment: training aviators to take off from and land on an aircraft carrier. She began that work at Pensacola in December 1962 and continued training aviators for the rest of her Navy career.

USS Lexington’s five classifications:

CV-16 — Aircraft carrier, 1943
CVA-16 — Attack aircraft carrier, 1952
CVS-16 — Antisubmarine warfare support carrier, 1962
CVT-16 — Training aircraft carrier, 1969
AVT-16 — Auxiliary aircraft landing training ship, 1978

09/30/2026

Museum membership? Approved. ✅
Member Overnight aboard the USS Lexington Museum? Approved. ✅

Your membership opens the door to Spooky Family Night with Historic Sights! Explore the ship after hours, enjoy s’mores and a movie on the Flight Deck, hear ghost stories, and choose whether to brave the Haunting on the Blue Ghost. After a night in a berthing compartment, wake up to breakfast and a Flight Simulator ride!

📍 WHERE: USS Lexington Museum
📅 WHEN: October 10 at 2:00 p.m. – October 11 at 9:00 a.m.

Get your tickets and see all the event details in the caption below!

09/29/2026

There’s plenty to discover across five self-guided tour routes aboard the USS Lexington Museum! Of the three places in this video, where would you go first: the Engine Room, Captain’s Cabin, or Flight Deck?

Tell us in the comments! 👇

09/26/2026

This Day in History
September 26, 1942

On this day in 1942, USS Lexington (CV-16) slid down the shipways and entered the water for the first time at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts. Once she was afloat, harbor tugs began moving her to a fitting-out berth.

The carrier had originally been named USS Cabot. After USS Lexington (CV-2) was lost at the Battle of the Coral Sea earlier that year, she was renamed Lexington, carrying the name of the lost carrier forward.

USS Lexington (CV-16) would go on to serve in World War II and train generations of naval aviators. Today, her story continues aboard the USS Lexington Museum in Corpus Christi, Texas.