Entering World War II as the second of the great Essex-class 
carriers, the Lexington destroyed more than one thousand Japanese 
aircraft, sank more than a million tons of enemy shipping in the 
Pacific, and was the first American warship to enter Tokyo Bay in 
victory. Decommissioned on November 8, 1991, the Lexington was 
the last World War II–era aircraft carrier to retire from duty. This 
complete photographic tour of the ship, now a museum in Corpus 
Christi, Texas, gives readers a close look at the technological 
wonders and history of U.S. Naval aviation.

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Number Sixty-one: Centennial Series of the Association of Former 
Students, Texas A&M University