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USS Essex (CV/CVA/CVS-9) was an aircraft carrier and the lead ship of the 24-ship Essex class built for the United States Navy during World War II.She was the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name.
CV-9 Essex: Essex (lead ship) 31 December 1942 30 June 1969 26 years, 171 days Scrapped in 1975 [24] CV-10 Yorktown: Essex: 15 April 1943 27 June 1970 27 years, 73 days Preserved at the Patriot's Point Naval & Maritime Museum—Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, USA [25] CV-11 Intrepid: Essex: 16 August 1943 15 March 1974 30 years, 211 days
Five Essex-class units at Long Beach Navy Yard in 1966; Bennington (CVS-20), Yorktown (CVS-10) and Hornet (CVS-12) are configured as ASW carriers; Bon Homme Richard (angled deck; with bridle catchers) is an attack carrier (CVA); Valley Forge (axial flight deck) is serving as an LPH; note the helicopter landing circles on her deck.
HS-9 in 1958 aboard USS Leyte. SH-34J Seabats from HS-9 on the USS Essex, 1962. An HS-9 SH-3A from USS Essex in 1965.. First Squadron designated HS-9; On 1 June 1956, the Navy's first all weather helicopter squadron was established at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island as Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron NINE (HS-9) "Sea Griffins".
USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11), also known as The Fighting "I", is one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. She is the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name. Commissioned in August 1943, Intrepid participated in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, including the Battle of ...
English: The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Essex (CVA-9) takes spray over the bow while steaming in heavy seas, 12 January 1960. Essex, with assigned Carrier Air Group 10 (CVG-10), was deployed to the Mediterranean Sea from 7 August 1959 to 26 February 1960.
== USS NAUTILUS SSN-571 Collision with USS ESSEX CVS-9, 10 NOV 1967. I was a junior officer serving in ESSEX in 1967 as a CICWO. At the time of the collision I was ...
This category contains the Essex-class aircraft carriers of the United States Navy ... USS Essex (CV-9) F. USS Franklin (CV-13) H. USS Hancock (CV-19) USS Hornet (CV ...