Crews Checking Reported Fire Aboard Retired Carrier USS Lexington

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) – Visitors and staff have been removed from the USS Lexington in Corpus Christi while fire crews check reports of a fire aboard the retired aircraft carrier.

KRIS-TV in Corpus Christi reports the fire is said to be below the hangar deck of the carrier, which is now permanently moored and serves as a museum. The Essex-class carrier served with distinction in World WarII and the wars in Korea and Vietnam before it was decommissioned in November 1991.

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