Commissioned in december 1942, essex participated in several campaigns in the pacific theater of operations, earning the presidential unit citation and 13 battle stars The fifth ship to be named “essex” the mulitipurpose amphibious assault ship (lhd) was the second ship of the wasp class assault ships The principle mission was to conduct prompt, sustained operations at sea, primarily as the command ship of a naval amphibious group The uss essex was commissioned on october 17 1992 in san diego california. She was built in 1942 and was a key player in many victorious battles She was the first carrier in her class, the essex class
Carrier operations and attacks against marcus island, wake island, the gilbert islands, kwajalein, the marshall islands, truk, saipan, tinian. She is the 5th ship to bear the name dating back to the frigate which was launched in. 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. During its period of service this naval warcraft served in both the major seas and received thirteen battle stars
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