USS Lexington may refer to these ships of the United States Navy: USS Lexington, a brigantine acquired in 1776 and captured in 1777 USS Lexington, a sloop-of-war in commission from 1826–1830 and 1831–1855 USS Lexington, a timber-clad gunboat in commission from 1861–1865 USS Lexington II, later USS SP-705, a patrol vessel in commission from 1917–1918 USS Lexington, a Lexington-class battlecruiser, converted to CV-2 in 1922 USS Lexington, a Lexington-class aircraft carrier commissioned in 1927 and sunk in 1942 USS Lexington, an Essex-class aircraft carrier in commission from 1943–1991, now a museum in Corpus Christi, Texas Wikipedia