USS LEXINGTON Former Crew Member

Name: Lester, Garey W.

Service Dates: June 1972 - October 1973

Rank/Duty Assigned: AN/V-1 Div. Blue Shirt

Description:

Served on board the Lexington when the designation was CVT-16. I was attached to the V-1 Division, Fly 3, and worked as a blue shirt plane handler. I was also on board when the ship ran aground in Boston Harbor, in heavy fog.

Awesome old girl!