Question: What aircraft carrier was docked in Corpus Christi and turned into a museum after it was decommissioned?
Answer: The USS Lexington (CV-16). Commissioned in February 1943, it saw extensive service in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Following a brief period of inactivity after the war, it was modernized with an angled flight deck and steam catapults. Its final years of service saw activity as a training carrier, and in 1980, it became the first U.S. Navy aircraft carrier to have women stationed aboard as crew members. The Lexington was finally decommissioned in 1991 and given to the City of Corpus Christi to be turned into a museum.
