On November 8, 1991, the carrier USS Lexington (ACT-16) was decommissioned in ceremonies at NAS Pensacola. Lexington had been commissioned in 1943 and during World War II was famous as the “Blue Ghost” that the Japanese could not sink. Since
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Thank you to the Mario Family Foundation for enabling the digitization of the U.S. Naval Institute’s Photo Archive. The physical photos in the Photo Archive are stored in the Mildred M. Mario Photo Archive Room located at the U.S. Naval Institute’s Headquarters in Annapolis, MD.

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