USS Lexington

Six ships of the United States Navy have borne the name "Lexington", after Lexington, Massachusetts, where the colonial militia first fought the British in the American Revolutionary War.

*USS|Lexington|1776, was a 14-gun brigantine originally named "Wild Duck" purchased in 1776 and used by the Continental Navy until her capture in 1777

*USS|Lexington|1825, was a 24-gun sloop commissioned in 1826 and sold in 1860

*USS|Lexington|1861, was a sidewheel steamer converted to a gunboat and used in the American Civil War

*USS|Lexington|CC-4, was renamed "Ranger" on 10 December 1917

*USS|Lexington|CV-2, was originally laid down as CC-1, a sclass|Lexington|battle cruiser but converted to an aircraft carrier and commissioned in 1927. She was lost during the Battle of the Coral Sea.

*USS|Lexington|CV-16, was commissioned in 1943 and fought in the rest of the Pacific War then donated for a museum ship in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1991.