The LEXINGTON Legacy
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- This time we're looking briefly into the real world history of ships named the Lexington followed by the Star Trek universe's own takes on ships of that heritage.
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I was stationed on the USS Lexington Avt-16 1983-1986 good times lots of history.
Is that a typo of CVT-16 or did you serve on another ship that wasn't mentioned?
@@nexy12 did a googlefu, it appears AVT and Cv are interchangable, at least in regards to the Lexington carrier
@@mrfoxycracker4836 Thanks for researching it, I appreciate it!
Wasn’t the Nebula Lexington at the Battle of Sector 001? There was a Nebula class at the battle, and Lexington was mentioned over the radio (“96 dead, 22 wounded on the Lexington”). I think they were going to use this ship to show off the movie budget by blowing it up front and center.
I JUST came into the comment section to say this 👆🏻
I was going to bring this up lol
Damn, me too. Looks like I’m a year late lol
RIP Dr Lens
USS Lexington CV-16: "Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated. Again. Again."
Just like the Enterprise CV-6 "The Grey Ghost"
What's with the Japanese consistently thinking they sunk American Aircraft carriers during WWII? lol
@@BillyMartin4Life Well apparently the American side also thought it was sunk, so it's some bad reporting from both sides.
@@BillyMartin4Life The Iowa was also called the "Grey Ghost" in the Korean War. That was an even tougher sell.
@@BillyMartin4Life propaganda maybe?
Jack
Interesting how for the Enterprise, the registration stayed the same, but with a letter tacked on the end, while the Lexington just gets a new one. You can tell who the favorite child is!
The reason given, in universe, is that the Enterprise was allowed to keep the registry number, with a letter to differentiate between the ships, in honor of the achievements and heroism by the crew of the original ship. The Enterprise wasn’t the only one to get the letter designation as Star Trek is littered with them really.
The Japanese reported a number of allied ships as destroyed when in actuality they had just been damaged or were completely unscathed... another good example of this is the Yorktown class USS Enterprise CV-6 which was supposedly sunk on three separate occasions.
To be fair everyone does that sort of thing to an extent since assessing damage to enemy targets from a distance while under fire yourself is difficult to say the least. IIRC the rule of thumb is something like divide kill claims by 5
@@fluffly3606 Hirohito once killed 3 aircraft carriers with a pencil. A pencil.
I love this series! Looking foward for more!
I drive past the “Blue Ghost” almost every day. Thanks for doing this Rick!!
Fun fact: Lexington CV-16 is said to be haunted and people have reported encountering the ghost of a sailor near the engine room.
I've encountered him. Not a sailor, but a pilot. And not in the engine room, but various places all over the ship.
Berthing, hangar deck, flight deck, etc.
And if you don't believe me that's fine - but you'll have to explain the flight suit with my name on it, in my possession.
@@TheOneTrueDragonKing So to disproove that you saw a ghost, I have to disproove you were in the US Armed Forces?
That does not make any sense.
@@christopherg2347 Have you figured it out yet?
@@seymoronion8371 Nope. I still do not see how "Disproove I saw a ghost" and "Disproove i was in the navy" are related.
Nebula class U.S.S. Lexington under Captain Anderson was a part of the Star Trek Bridge Commander game (and i wish they would remaster that game in to modern day style).
Lexington Sunk by enemy several times. Yet shows up to haunt the enemy. GAINED NICKNAME: Blue Ghost
Enterprise (aka: Grey Ghost): COUSIN!
*also an excellent Batman Animated series episode as well*
@@scottmantooth8785with the voice actor being none other than the original tv Batman Adam west
I took a “hard hat” tour of the CV-16 a few years ago and I highly recommend it to anybody who has a chance.
Ironically, I'm wearing a t-shirt with USS Lexington CV-16, the "Blue Ghost". 🙂
that, my friend, is _coincidence._
Lady Lex is permanently berthed in my hometown, and serves as a Naval museum now.
😍 I do love this series. Hearing of the lineage of ships IRLis my favourite part it is interesting to see the names of ships that Militaries have always kept in service.
Wasn't the Lexington mentioned in first contact? I remembered hearing the casually report from the movie. Since we do not see the nebula in the battle it may have been disabled. Got to say the repair time was quick for it to return ready to fight in the dominion war.
I've seen it argued, mostly in fanfic, that the Constitution refit was such a drastic overhaul that it should be considered a new class. In that case it would be the Enterprise class since TMP stated that the Enterprise was the first to complete the refit. What do you guys think?
I graduated from high school on the Essex-class USS Lexington. Just sayin
Hello from Houston and I’m insanely jealous of you.
I'm from Corpus too.
I remember a four nacelled monstrocity from star trek legacy. God i love that ship.
Procsoma class ? Not sure on spelling had 2 main hauls and had a refit version. I want that ship in sto but probably not going to happen:(
Proxima, yes.
Last time I was this early their were still Klingons on the starboard bow starboard bow.
Scrape 'em off, Jim!
It's live Jim, but not as we know it.
We come in peace. Shoot to kill! Shoot to kill! Shoot to kill!
Got a chance to talk to a guy who was a Gunner on the USS Lexington at the battle of the Coral Sea. Has to be one of the most amazing and laid-back person I’ve ever met. During the battle of the Coral Sea his gun area took a hit and he was blown into the water. He got picked up by a destroyer, which the destroyer crew loved because when they transferred him back the USS Lexington, the Lex would give them 36 gallons of Ice Cream in return. Unfortunately, the Lexington was sunk before they could return him. He spent the rest of the War as a Navy Gun Trainer in California.
Not many people mention that lexington was supposed to be a battle cruiser before they got switched to carriers. Good on you
About 10 years ago I met an old Marine. As is my custom I stuck my hand out and said Semper Fi. As we chatted I noticed a patch on his jacket. "Gun Director USS Lexington " I pointed at his patch and asked which one? Looked me dead in the eye and said both. He survived CV-2, and he was a Plank Owner on CV-16. He asked when I was in the Marines, I told him I couldn't claim that title. I was a Corpsman, with the Marines. He got quiet and mentioned the Doc that saved his life on CV-2. That was a humbling experience for me.
You forgot when the Lexington took part in the Battle of 001.
Love Sundays just for your videos. Keep up the excellent work!
in the expanded universe there is a Ingram variant Odysseus-class vessel named USS Lexington NCC-1709-A and is a nice looking lady enjoyed the video sir looking forward to seeing the rest of these types of videos
Great video, thank you. It was very enjoyable... 👍
When the original Lexington aircraft carrier CVV-2, the "Lady Lex", was hit at the Battle of the Coral Sea, she began to list. The repair crews swung into action, but as the list continued to increase, or at least not appreciably decrease, it became apparent to the crew that they would have to abandon ship. Since they were no longer under fire they had plenty of time to prepare, and affected one of the most orderly, well-executed abandonments in naval history. The crew was so well-organized, and had so much advanced notice that they would have to abandon ship, that as they sat on deck awaiting the inevitable the cooks first passed spoons down the lines of undressed men. Once the spoons had been distributed, the cooks then raided the ship's freezers for all the ice cream they had stored, and sent the containers down the lines of the now spoon-equipped sailors, who (the story goes) did not abandon the ship until all the supplies of ice cream had been, um, denied to the enemy. And to neaby fish with a sweet tooth, I suppose. In any case, the sailors made sure that if they were going to lose their ship, at the very least her ice cream would not be wasted. Priorities, you know?
Bismarck’s captain broke out ice cream stores for his men after the torpedo got jammed in the rudder.
Lexington NX-3092 looked cool as hell.
dont know why i havent subbed to you, let me rectify that. thank you for the great content!
Could we get a video on the history of some of the ships and crews of the books? I find it very difficult to find all of the older books to read and would really love a video on these as you give all relevant information so well. The U.S.S. Da Vinci would be a good one to start with. Thanks!
Heh, yeah Lexington-Concord was somewhat important. That time when around 400-500 American kicked the collective asses of around 700 Brits.
Also, atleast we preserved one of the ghosts. Still upset we scrapped the Enterprise.
The Battles of Lexington and Concord are what is commemorated with Patriots' Day in Massachusetts, a state holiday that usually falls around April 20. The Boston Marathon is run on Patriots' Day.
Unfortunately they had to gut the Enterprise to remove her 6 old school reactors. Wasn't much left after that from what I was told. Flipping sad.
Khyber I suspect they meant CV-6, the Yorktown class vessel.
@@Blackwind_Legacy They're talking about CV(N)-6 USS Enterprise, not CVN-65.
@@Blackwind_Legacy those reactors were built in the '50s. Not surprising that the reactor design would have flaws.
I was a member of AVT 16's Decommissioning Crew. I manned the rail during her Decom Ceremony. 😢
Huh so the LEXINGTON had the same reputation as the enterprise in ww2?
Yes and no, the Lexington was known as the Blue ghost and the Enterprise was the Grey Ghost, but the Enterprise was feared...I mean a lot. There were reports or Japanese ships turning back when they saw they were up again her.
Always look forward to your videos!!!
My Great uncle George served on CV16 in ww2 and my grandfather was on her in the 70's his last sea command
Love this stuff Rick.. are there any non USS or HMS ship in star trek. Like from other nations
USS Yamato comes to mind. Named for the Japanese battleship. Isn't there also a USS Melbourne? Pretty sure there is a real-world HMAS Melbourne. Maybe even more than 1.
ETA: Memory Aloha has 2 USS Melbournes, a Nebula-class destroyed at Wolf 359 and an Excelsior-class undergoing maintenance at Starbase 74. And wikipedia lists 3 HMAS Melbournes.
Additionally, the USS Jenolan that the Enterprise-D rescued Scotty from was stated to be Sydney class. Given what we know of the nomenclature of Starfleet ship classes, that means that there was a USS Sydney somewhere. Wiki lists 5 HMAS Sydneys.
6:24 what makes the Lexington-class command cruiser stand out is that she was armed with the quantum carrier-wave beam.
Please do the USS Constitution. It should be very interesting considering it's over 200 years old.
200+ years and can still sail under her own power. I wonder if she is still around as of the 24th/25th century in Star Trek. It would be cool and fascinating if the Federation had 500 year old wooden ship still in active service.
The DS9 animation reminds me of a question I have from regular DS9 footage - has there ever been an interview or video that explores or explains the following?
The shape/lines of DS9 are beautiful, but there are repeated images that point to the impracticality of the layout. There are three upper pylon docking stations and three lower pylon docking stations. When dealing with large ships, only one pylon out of each set of three can be used at a time - the pylons cant inwards from the outer ring diameter, the docking ports are at the ends of the pylons, and the docking ports all face inwards. It limits the space available for docking. It wasn't built as a base for capital ships, true - but it was built as a mining station and would have been dealing with large freighters some of the time.
If it didn't occur to them in model design during series development, they could have written it in during wartime - retrofit the pylons to have outward-facing docking stations!
They were probably capable of managing multiple Cardassian ships at once, just not multiple ships of other factions.
Then again, this is just me attempting to find a rational explanation behind a Star Trek design.
They probably stage the loads in the pylons arms, then when the ship docks, they have some kind of conveyor moving the material into the holds. As the ship leaves, this opens up the next pylon for a ship to dock at, and the now empty pylon can be reloaded.
Or, more likely, it's a YATI.
My father in law actually served on the USS Lexington CV-16 , maybe one day one of his grandchildren or great grandchildren will serve on a Starship Lexington in the future. You never know.
How totally awesome Rick! 👍🏻
USS Lexington (CV-16): That's my girl!
I lived aboard the Lexington for three days and two nights back when I was in 3rd grade.
So I consider myself a part of her crew and I consider her, family.
Chance for an update on this with the new Lexington sub-class of Odyssey being added to the game?
"22 wounded on the Lexington." Star Trek First Contact.
Rick, have you done a Yorktown legacy yet?
There is also that Federation beverage supply hauler, the USS Tang! Painted orange for it's thirst quenching idealisms.
Let us make sure history never forgets the name ... Lexington.
Lexington was also in the battle against the borg in fisrt contact. ( 27 dead 97 wounded on the Lexington)
Call at what you will win it's a nebula class you did good
There are at least four canon ships with name Lexington: NCC-1709 (Constitution class) from TOS, NCC-14427 (Excelsior class) mentioned in Encyclopedia as the ship from TNG "Thine Own Self", NCC-30405 (Excelsior class) on a Status Display in TNG "The Measure of a Man" and the NCC-61832 (Nebula class) from DS9 ""Explorers".
Hmm yes I think that scene of some starfleet fighting the klingons was in ww2 actually
When you mention "repelled a Borg invasion" do you mean from the movie "Star Trek VIII: First Contact"? I remember hearing "28 wounded on the Lexington" on the audio speakers just before Picard turns them off to address the crew about violating the direct ordres.
USS Lexington Museum, is in Corpus Christi TX
Yorktown next please.
If anyone here still plays STO, you can find me piloting the Lexington NCC - 1709, (Constitution Refit) around Sol System Space Dock and various locations around the quadrant.
Once I tried to change my Nicor Bio Warship's name into "USS Oliver Cromwell" and got notified that the name is inappropriate.
“Olive” or “Oliver?”
@@matthewjay660 ah, sorry. I mean, Oliver.
You briefly mentioned the Galaxy-class, but I'm pretty sure I remember seeing it in a TNG episode. I remember significantly because Lexington is also the street I grew up on.
The episode I remembered it in was "Contagion", but Memory Alpha says it was Yamato. But there was another episode where Lexington did make a brief appearance, but I forgot that episode.
Memory Alpha says that it was at Starbase 74 for maintenance when the Bynars hijacked the Enterprise and Sysefleet tried to have it respond.
according to the Star Trek Starfleet Technical manual, the USS Lexington is NCC-1703 not NCC-1709 and was a Constitution Command Cruiser
I like these videos. Could one be done on the USS Constellation?
I believe the Lexington is also what your ship in EGA Trek is names so as to avoid copyright claims.
The Lexington I'm most familiar with is home to the Corvega assembly plant, many feral ghouls and a raider in power armour carrying a Fat Man launcher. It feels slightly inhospitable.
Don't forget about the Behemoth.
Would love to see you cover the events of the game Klingon Academy! Christopher Plumber is in it for the AMV's!
It was technically the Battle of Lexington - Concord. As it was a running engagement between the two towns.
Many of the Starfleet ships look like the Enterprise.
3:30 "Reports of my death have been greatly exagerated." - USS Lexington CV-16
Great video, gotta ask though were all of the early designs of Federation ships(and pre federation) named after American and British ships and battles?
It can either be named after the Battle of Lexington and Concord. Or named after the American Aircraft carrier, Lexington
Most of the TOS Constitution-class ships were named after famous British and American ships. Enterprise, Lexington, Constitution, Eagle, Yorktown, Republic, Constellation (a WW2 aircraft carrier), etc.
I have always thought that Will Riker should have been given a sovereign class ship with the name Lexington that had one of those laser lance under the primary haul (like the Enterprise D had in the series finally) so he could continue to be Picards right hand
Lexington. Hmm. In my head. An Akira. Then a Vesta. Both stout fiery classes. Placed on patrol duty but were scrappy. The ships were the first call to arms in a fleet engagement and the last to leave. Albiet in pieces if needs be. The refitted Defiant class was postulated as "Lexington" however the Vesta class pipped the post. The current Lexington is the Lithe Vesta class. It serves officially as part of task force "Omega" however, it's flexible mission proflile allows it missions outside military manouevers due to it's slipstream it can use in limited capacity
Fair Lexie
There was no USS Lexington before 1901, because USS wasn't used until then. The first you mention was a Continental Navy vessel before there was a US Navy or a USS.
The story about The Blue Ghost could be a great Star Trek story.
The uss Lexington sits in Corpus Christi texas as a museum
In case anyone wanted to see the irl one
Wasnt the Lexington excelsior class the ship that was sent to stop the defiant from getting to earth during the shape shifter scare? There was no mentions of the upgrades to it in this video
no that was the USS lakota
Great stuff.M5 was a bit dodgy like.
What about the USS Lexington that took part in the Battle of Earth in First Contact?
1776 the first year when the rest of the world's opinion no longer mattered .
=D I really enjoy this series, are you going to do the Enterprise soon?
That's been covered elsewhere *many* times.
USS Lexington CV-16: Quit telling everyone I’m dead!
Do we not really know anything about the USS Lexington that was mentioned in 'Star Trek: First Contact' then?
Farragut next?
I think he did Farragut already
Actually the first conflict of the Revolutionary War was the burning of the HMS Gaspee.. right here where I live conimicut point
Would it have been easier to say which classes didn’t have a Lexington?
The nebula class must be the reliant class work horse starship of the 24th centiry
Nebula is the best ship design until the Defiant. it is compact, and does the job.
“Insert Star Trek theme here”
What ships were there between the nx class and the connies?
The Discovery era ships. Buran, Hoover, Europa, Magee, Walker classes.
Watching this video gets me thinking...The US named a Space Shuttle 'Enterprise', but missed the opportunity to name one 'Lexington'....
not enough shuttles I suppose
The name Enterprise cane from a letter writing campaign by Trek fans.
I think NX-16 would be appropriate. You know CV-16
The Zeng He Legacy?
Short video, there's only one other ship of that name, and that's in ST online
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Heh, next time you need sea battle footage, use some toy boats and your bath tub 😂
if 1701 has an a,b,c,d,e and technically f, why was every iteration of lexington not 1709 a,b,c etc?
The reuse of a registry is by UFP presidential order as a symbol of accomplishment. The names however are reused all the time.
CV-16 USS Lexington is permanently parked in my hometown, having served as a training carrier assigned to NAS Corpus Christi during the Vietnam War.
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Funny how Starfleet mostly uses English ship names despite defending the entire federation and descending from a multicultural place like earth itself ...
It seems like three names always get recycled, enterprise, Lexington, and Saratoga Will never be without a ship with these three names
Video:1776
Me: *laughs in harbor tea*
Everone forgets that the lexingtons number is ncc - 1703! From the orginal series to the present with the alphabet 1703 a to e. Wish people would get their facts right!
In TOS, the number on hull of ship was NCC-1709, not 1703. The 1703 was the USS Hood.
Help I’m stuck in a Certifiably Ingame black hole
update, i got sucked back in
The Lady Lex was always a ship of beauty. It was almost sacrilege to make her a god awful ugly Nebula Class ship. 🤮
No relation to the Lexx?
uss enterprise cv 6 the grey ghost