Commissioned in december 1942, essex participated in several campaigns in the pacific theater of operations, earning the presidential unit citation and 13 battle stars Uss essex (cv 9 / cva 9 / cvs 9) Following an accelerated shakedown cruise, essex steamed for the pacific in may 1943 Uss essex was reclassified as cva 9 on october 1, 1952, and on march 8, 1960, became cvs 9 Decommissioned on june 30, 1969, the essex was stricken from the navy list on june 1, 1973, and sold by the defense reutilization and marketing service (drms) for scrapping on june 1. Modernized with an angled flight deck, enclosed hurricane bow, etc
Uss essex was stricken from the naval vessel register in june 1973 and sold for scrapping two years later If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see How to obtain photographic reproductions.
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