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US Essex (short hull) class



Aircraft Carrier

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Derivatives / Succeeded by
1944 US Essex (long hull) class



  Specifications


3450crew
265length (m)
45beam (m)
8.50draught (m)
33max speed (knots)

12Naval Gun Mark 12 5/38 inch (127 mm)
40Naval Gun single 40 mm




  Shipyards


US Newport News Shipbuilding - 3



  List of Ships


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19421969USUS NavyCV-9USS Essex9
19431970USUS NavyCVS-10USS YorktownNWKJ
19431970USUS NavyCVS-12USS HornetNBGC - 12
19431972USUS NavyCV-18Essex (long hull) class USS Wasp
1944--CV-15Essex (long hull) class USS RandolphNWBD
19451963USUS NavyCV-36Essex (long hull) class USS AntietamNHCY
19451959USUS NavyCV-37Essex (long hull) class USS Princeton
19591970 LPH-5 USS Princeton
19451966USUS NavyCV-39Essex (long hull) class USS Lake ChamplainNTCR - 39
19461961USUS NavyCVS-45Essex (long hull) class USS Valley Forge
19611970 LPH-8 USS Valley Forge

9 units



  Events


1940-febOrderedOrdered US CV-9 USS Essex
1941-aprLaid downLaid down US CV-9 USS Essex
1941-dec-01Laid downLaid down US CVS-10 USS Yorktown as USS Bonhomme Richard
1942-julLaunchedLaunched US CV-9 USS Essex
1942-aug-03Laid downLaid down US CVS-12 USS Hornet as USS Kearsarge
1942-decCommissionedCommissioned US CV-9 USS Essex
1943-jan-21LaunchedLaunched US CVS-10 USS Yorktown
1943-apr-15CommissionedCommissioned US CVS-10 USS Yorktown
1943-aug-30LaunchedLaunched US CVS-12 USS Hornet as USS Hornet, CV-12 (to replace USS Hornet, CV-8) sunk in Oct 1942).
1943-nov-29CommissionedCommissioned US CVS-12 USS Hornet
1945-oct-20DeploymentDeployment US CVS-10 USS Yorktown returned to NAS Alameda, after service in WWII
1953 US CVS-12 USS Hornet re-designated CVA-12
1957-sep-01HomeportHomeport US CVS-10 USS Yorktown designation changed from CVA-10 to CVS-10 and reassigned to Long Beach
1958 US CVS-12 USS Hornet re-designated CVS-12
1958-jul-15DeploymentDeployment US CV-9 USS Essex Operation Blue Bat part of US 6th Fleet, when tasked with support for Lebanese stability operations in Eastern Mediterranean. HUP-2 of a HU-2 (det 45) were embarked. Operations continued until 23 Aug.
1961-nov-27AircraftAircraft US CV-9 USS Essex during temporary embarkation, RN 819 Sq Wessex HAS.1 XM876/321 was lost, while operating from USS Essex deck, off Rockall Bank
1968-dec-27DeploymentDeployment US CVS-10 USS Yorktown involved in Apollo 8 recovery operations
1969-junDecommissionedDecommissioned US CV-9 USS Essex
1970-jun-26DecommissionedDecommissioned US CVS-12 USS Hornet
1970-jun-27DecommissionedDecommissioned US CVS-10 USS Yorktown at NS Norfolk
1975Fate: museumFate: museum US CVS-10 USS Yorktown to Patriots Point, Charleston, SC
1998-oct-17Fate: museumFate: museum US CVS-12 USS Hornet at Alameda, CA









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