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. By newport news shipbuilding and dry dock co., at newport news, va. Launched on 31 july 1942 Gates, wife of the assistant secretary of the navy for air
Navy photograph now in the collections of the national archives Entering service in late 1942, essex was larger than previous american carriers and its design would be utilized in the 24 ships of its class Essex served in the pacific during world war ii, and took part in many of the conflict's major campaigns. Essex is a town and county in massachusetts (ns0209bc) Previous us warships named essex: Throughout the 40s, up to the 70s, this warship was used for a number of missions on various american battle fronts for which it.
She is carrying at least 36 tbf, 14 f6f and 70 sb2c type planes, probably to build up fleet stocks for the marianas operation. Uss essex historythe fourth uss essex (cv 9) was launched on july 31, 1942 by newport news shipbuilding and dry dock co And commissioned december 31, 1942, captain d She was reclassified as cva 9 on october 1, 1952, and cvs 9 on march 8, 1960 Following her shakedown cruise essex. She was built in 1942 and was a key player in many victorious battles.
