Interesting fact: Derek A. Paterson: He was the first African American master electrician and flight director on the USS Lexington (AVT-16).

Commemorating the 1944 kamikaze attack on the USS Lexington

 

My uncle fought in this battle.

 

Texas Country Reporter ghost and video

 

The USS Lexington Museum in Corpus Christi, Texas, opened to the public in October 1992. Thus, 1993 marked its first full year of operation as a museum. The museum offers self-guided tours that cover 100,000 square feet and 11 decks, allowing visitors to explore at their own pace. 

 

The USS Lexington, nicknamed the “Blue Ghost”, is widely rumored to be haunted. Visitors and staff have reported numerous paranormal experiences, including sightings of ghostly figures, disembodied voices, and strange sounds. These experiences are often attributed to sailors who lost their lives during World War II while serving on the ship. 

 

 The USS Lexington in Corpus Christi TX  It was once  was the home of 2500 men and 250 officers. She carried aircraft carriers and her light deck was 910 feet long. Her hanger bays were capable of handling at least 40 aircraft  ready to take off at any time. Derek NIETZEL. Told Dosha Williams in 1993, as well as a local TV station, about the experiences he had working at the museum on the USS Lexington.

 

 One of the first experiences was at 12 noon on a Saturday when he was working alone in his office. He heard in a passageway near his office,  a loud bang.  He left his office to  find out what was going on? He called out and there was no response.  The bang came from the door that led to the ship radio station, which was actually shaking and vibrating. He then went to find a coworker. When his co-worker arrived, because he wasn’t about to go into the room by  himself.

.  When he and the coworker were on site  they called out. Hello. Hello, is anybody there? There, of course, was no one there, and no explanation for why the door was vibrating. It was a heavy metal sliding door that was secured with a metal bar.

 

 Chairs moving, Voices heard, Banging, Things moving, But on one particular night, February 13th and 14th  It was the water that was doing strange things on the ship.

 

  People working on the DC shift on the ship have to log in and out whenever they go from any location to another location on the ship. On that particular night  some of the entries included.

 

  1. Water is still coming down in hangar number one, due to a problem in CO room above.
  2. Smoke detector 02-126-1 malfunction.
  3. Made routine round of all tour areas. Found two areas with water running into sinks in Admiral’s quarters.
  4. Found sink. In Admiral’s quarters with water running again, sink is full of water, water on the floor  This seems very strange. Why would fresh water be left running?

 04 10. Water running again in another toilet. So Wayne went and secured all the water running to the toilets.

 0630 made rounds of peer, opened, gate, water leak and hangar stopped.

 

 Note made that on the night of February 13th it was reported that two of the thinks. Were behind locked doors and in one instance was the shower that was turned on, not the sink in the old sea captain ‘s quarters on Level 6. In all, four sinks total, plus the shower and a faucet in the galley went off on their own that night.

 

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