USS Lexington
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USS Lexington may refer to one of many actual or fictional vessels:
In the United States Navy:, a brigantine acquired in 1776 and captured in 1777, a sloop in commission from 1826 to 1830 and from 1831 to 1855, a timberclad gunboat in commission from 1861 to 1865, an aircraft carrier commissioned in 1927 and sunk in 1942, an aircraft carrier in commission from 1943 to 1991, later USS SP-705, a patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918
In fiction:
In the United States Navy:, a brigantine acquired in 1776 and captured in 1777, a sloop in commission from 1826 to 1830 and from 1831 to 1855, a timberclad gunboat in commission from 1861 to 1865, an aircraft carrier commissioned in 1927 and sunk in 1942, an aircraft carrier in commission from 1943 to 1991, later USS SP-705, a patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918
In fiction:
- Three USS Lexingtons appear in the Star Trek franchise:
- USS Lexington (NCC-1709), a Constitution-class starship that appears in 1968's "The Ultimate Computer" (Star Trek)
- USS Lexington (NCC-14427), an Excelsior-class starship that appears in 1994's "Thine Own Self" (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
- USS Lexington (NCC-61832), a Nebula-class starship that appears in 1995's "Explorers" (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)