EAS Lexington
From The Great Machine
The EAS Lexington is an aging Earthforce cruiser aboard which Lt. Commander Sheridan served as First Officer under Captain Sterns.
Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow. Affecting people who have not seen/read: Points of Departure, In the Beginning
During the middle stages of the Earth-Minbari War, the Lexington barely survived a battle with the Minbari flagship Black Star, but lost Captain Sterns in the process.
Afterward, while limping homeward, First Officer and acting Captain John Sheridan devised and executed a plan which lured and destroyed the Black Star and three Minbari heavy cruisers before they could break clear of the killing zone. Sheridan was the only human captain to have not only survived battle with a Minbari fleet, but to have scored victories against them.
