It could fit a total of 108 aircrafts on it of various sizes, alongside a set of weaponry for defensive purposes The primary purpose of this invention. She participated in many major battles, survived kamikaze attacks, and was modernized several times. 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. Online library of selected images
Commissioned on the last day of 1942, she went to the pacific in may 1943, following shakedown in the atlantic area. After this operation uss essex (cv 9) proceeded to san francisco for her single wartime overhaul
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