USS Essex (CV-9)
USS Essex (CV/CVA/CVS-9) was an aircraft carrier and the lead ship of the 24-ship Essex class built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name. Commissioned in December 1942, Essex participated in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning the Presidential Unit Citation and 13 battle stars. Decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, she was modernized and recommissioned in the early 1950s as an attack carrier (CVA), eventually becoming an antisubmarine aircraft carrier (CVS). In her second career, she served mainly in the Atlantic, playing a role in the Cuban Missile Crisis. She also participated in the Korean War, earning four battle stars and the Navy Unit Commendation. She was the primary recovery carrier for the Apollo 7 space mission.
She was decommissioned for the last time in 1969 and sold by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service for scrap on 1 June 1973.[1]
 USS Essex in June 1967 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Essex |
| Namesake | USS Essex (1799) |
| Ordered | 3 July 1940 |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 28 April 1941 |
| Launched | 31 July 1942 |
| Commissioned | 31 December 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 9 January 1947 |
| Recommissioned | 15 January 1951 |
| Decommissioned | 30 June 1969 |
| Reclassified |
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| Stricken | 1 June 1973 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1973 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Essex-class aircraft carrier |
| Displacement | |
| Length | |
| Beam | 93 ft (28.3 m) (waterline) |
| Draft | 34 ft 2 in (10.41 m) (full load) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 4 × shafts; 4 × geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
| Range | 14,100 nmi (26,100 km; 16,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 2,600 officers and enlisted men |
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| Armor |
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| Aircraft carried | 90 (1943): 36 × Grumman F4F Wildcat; 36 × Douglas SBD Dauntless; 18 × Grumman TBF Avenger 103 (1945): 73 × Grumman F6F Hellcat; 15 × Curtiss SB2C Helldiver; 15 × Grumman TBF Avenger |
She was decommissioned for the last time in 1969 and sold by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service for scrap on 1 June 1973.[1]
USS Essex (CV-9) Screenshots
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