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You are bidding on an original rare USS Lexington CV - 16 Metal Badge . It is 2 inches across by 2 3/4 inches tall and is in good condition . Buyer to pay $2.00 for first class mailing. Paypal accepted only. Thank you and good luck .

USS Lexington (CV/CVA/CVS/CVT-16) , known as "The Blue Ghost", is a decommissioned Essex -class aircraft carrier , the fifth United States Naval ship named in honor of the Revolutionary War Battle of Lexington . Laid down as Cabot on 15 July 1941 by Bethlehem Steel Co ., Quincy, Mass ., the ship was renamed Lexington 16 June 1942, after the loss of Lexington (CV-2) in the Battle of the Coral Sea . She was launched 23 September 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Theodore Douglas Robinson; and commissioned 17 February 1943, Captain Felix Stump , USN in command. Lexington was the last warship to see active service in World War II in commission with the United States Navy.

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