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On 15 June 1992, the ship was donated as a museum and now operates as the "USS Lexington Museum on the Bay" at 2914 North Shoreline Boulevard, Corpus Christi, Texas. A MEGAtheater (similar to IMAX) was added in the forward aircraft elevator space. Lexington was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2003. The ship is carefully maintained ...
USS. City of Corpus Christi. USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN-705), a Los Angeles -class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Corpus Christi, Texas. The Navy originally planned to use the name "USS Corpus Christi."
NAS Corpus Christi was commissioned by its first Commanding Officer, CAPT Alva Berhard, on March 12, 1941. The first flight training started on May 5, 1941. US Navy North American SNJ-4s warming up for training at NAS Corpus Christi circa 1943. Aviation Ordnanceman stationed at the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi boarding a PBY Catalina, circa ...
It represents a subset of the list of museum ships comprising museum ships located worldwide. Deployed to Vietnam 1968-69. Sea Scout Ship with all-female crew 1998-2020. Relocated as 1st maritime training ship on Ohio River Jan 2024. Flooded herself to aim farther during shore bombardment at the Normandy landings.
Ultimately determined by MSC to be "in excess of current and future requirements", Corpus Christi Bay was taken out of service in 1973 and berthed in ready reserve status at Corpus Christi, Texas. Corpus Christi Bay was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 31 December 1974. On 17 July 1975, the ship was sold to Brownsville (Texas) Steel and ...
On 12 April 1980, the Kittiwake docked in Port Everglades, Florida for a public open house, demonstrating deep-sea diving equipment and rescue gear to the public, with crew members discussing their jobs and the ship's mission. [11] [12] On 23 January 1983, Kittiwake became the first U.S. Navy ship to visit the Port of Corpus Christi in
Captain Leland "BT" D. Taylor. Naval Station Ingleside was a United States Navy base in Ingleside, Texas. It was on the northern shore of Corpus Christi Bay, 12 miles northeast of the city of Corpus Christi, about 130 miles south of San Antonio and approximately 170 miles southwest of Houston. This region is known as the Coastal Bend.
On 17 October and 18 December 2002, respectively, USS City of Corpus Christi and USS San Francisco arrived in Guam, completing their 14,000 nautical miles (25,928 km) inter-fleet transfer that started at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. They were the Navy's first forward-deployed and home-ported submarines.