USS Lexington CV16/CVA16/CVS16/CVT16/AVT16 and CV2
USS LEXINGTON CV 16 ASSOCIATION
FIRST AND RECORDS
Served as an active aircraft carrier longer than any other carrier in the
world (1943-1947); (1955-1991)
First foreign aircraft carrier to enter Tokyo Bay in 1945.
First aircraft carrier to hold the AVT (Auxiliary Aircraft Landing Training Ship) designation.
First aircraft carrier in U.S. Naval history to have women stationed aboard as crew members (18 August 1980)
Recorded more arrested landings than any other carrier in the world.
First ship in the U.S. Navy to establish a seagoing high school (21 September 1957).
WAR RECORD
AWARDS, CITATIONS and BATTLE STARS
Presidential Unit Citation
11 Battle Stars on the Asiatic/Pacific Campaign Medal
Pacific Raids
- Tarawa, 18 September 1943
- Wake Island, 5-6 October 1943
- Gilbert Islands Operation, 19 Nov - 4 Dec 1943
- Marshall Islands Operation, Mili Atoll, 18 March 1944
- Hollandia Operation, 24 April 1944
- Asia-Pacific Raids, 30 March - 1 April 1944; 19 April - 1 May 1944
- Mariana Islands Operation, 11 June - 5 August 1944
- Western Caroline Islands Operation, 6 September - 24 October 1944
- Leyte Operation, 10 - 21 October 1944
- Luzon Operation, 6 - 22 January 1945
- Iwo Jima Operation, 15 February - 4 March 1945
- 3rd Fleet Operations against Japan, 10 July - 15 August 1945
SHIP'S HONORS.