Essex-class aircraft carrier

1942 class of American aircraft carriers. 

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  USS Antietam
  
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  USS Bennington
  
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  USS Bon Homme Richard
  
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  USS Boxer
  
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  USS Bunker Hill
  
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  USS Essex
  
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  USS Franklin
  
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  USS Hancock
  
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  USS Hornet
  
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  USS Intrepid
  
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  USS Iwo Jima
  
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  USS Kearsarge
  
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  USS Lake Champlain
  
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  USS Lexington
  
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  USS Leyte
  
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  USS Oriskany
  
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  USS Philippine Sea
  
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  USS Princeton
  
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  USS Randolph
  
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  USS Reprisal
  
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  USS Shangri-La
  
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  USS Tarawa
  
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  USS Ticonderoga
  
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  USS Valley Forge
  

capital ship – Essex-class (SCB-125) aircraft carrier – Essex-class (SCB-27A) aircraft carrier – Essex-class (SCB-27C) aircraft carrier – Essex-class (SCB-27C/125) aircraft carrier – Essex-class (short bow) – Newport News Shipbuilding – Oriskany-class Essex-class aircraft carrier – Ticonderoga-class aircraft carrier – United States Navy – USS Antietam – USS Bennington – USS Bon Homme Richard – USS Boxer – USS Bunker Hill – USS Essex – USS Franklin – USS Hancock – USS Hornet – USS Intrepid – USS Iwo Jima – USS Kearsarge – USS Lake Champlain – USS Lexington – USS Leyte – USS Oriskany – USS Philippine Sea – USS Princeton – USS Randolph – USS Reprisal – USS Shangri-La – USS Tarawa – USS Ticonderoga – USS Valley Forge – USS Wasp – USS Yorktown – 

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Frameless

Aerial view of Ulithi atoll on 6 November 1944

Concept artwork of Essex-Ticonderoga class carrier as satellite launch ship

Design plan Essex

Essex class preliminary design study

Essex-class carrier modernisations 1944-1960

Four Essex class carriers anchored c1945

Models showing Essex-class aircraft carrier modernizations in 1953

Part of the U.S. Navy Task Force which hammered the heart of the Marshall Is. into submission ... and then anchored in the Majuro Atoll.

Pattern Sheet, MS-3* 6A for Essex-class carriers

Pattern sheet, MS 32a 17A for Essex class

Pattern sheet, MS-33 10A for Essex class

Pattern sheet, Measure 3 -3A for Essex class carriers

Radars on mast of Essex-class carrier in the 1950s

SB2C-4E Helldiver of VB-88 in flight 1945

Ships of 3rd fleet steam into Tokyo Bay, Japan, for the occupation.

TF 38 en route to Japan 1945

USS Bullard (DD-660) underway in 1945

USS Essex, CVA-9, First Platform

USS Essex, CVA-9, Outboard Profile, Starboard

USS Essex, CVA-9, Third Deck

USS Flint (CL-97) at anchor in March 1945 (80-G-K-3813)

USS Shannon (DM-25) underway in Ulithi Atoll, circa in March 1945 (80-G-K-3816)

US Fast Carrier Task Force at Ulithi Atoll in February 1945

US fleet at Majuro Atoll 1944

Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		Freebase entry@			Wikidata
link		Google Knowledge entry@			Wikidata
vessel		USS Antietam	aircraft carrier, United States Navy		Wikidata
vessel		USS Bennington	aircraft carrier, United States Navy		Wikidata
vessel		USS Bon Homme Richard	aircraft carrier, United States Navy		Wikidata
vessel		USS Boxer	aircraft carrier, United States Navy		Wikidata
vessel		USS Bunker Hill	aircraft carrier, United States Navy		Wikidata
vessel		USS Essex	aircraft carrier, United States Navy		Wikidata
vessel		USS Franklin	aircraft carrier, United States Navy		Wikidata
vessel		USS Hancock	aircraft carrier, United States Navy		Wikidata
vessel		USS Hornet	preserved watercraft, museum ship, aircraft carrier, United States Navy, United States		Wikidata
vessel		USS Intrepid	preserved watercraft, museum ship, aircraft carrier, United States Navy, United States		Wikidata
vessel		USS Iwo Jima	abandoned entity, aircraft carrier, United States Navy		Wikidata
vessel		USS Kearsarge	United States Navy, aircraft carrier		Wikidata
vessel		USS Lake Champlain	aircraft carrier, United States Navy		Wikidata
vessel		USS Lexington	military museum, preserved watercraft, museum ship, aircraft carrier, United States Navy, United States, tripadvisor		Wikidata
vessel		USS Leyte	aircraft carrier, United States Navy		Wikidata
vessel		USS Oriskany	aircraft carrier, United States Navy		Wikidata
vessel		USS Philippine Sea	aircraft carrier, United States Navy		Wikidata
vessel		USS Princeton	aircraft carrier, United States Navy		Wikidata
vessel		USS Randolph	aircraft carrier, United States Navy		Wikidata
vessel		USS Reprisal	abandoned entity, aircraft carrier, United States Navy		Wikidata
vessel		USS Shangri-La	aircraft carrier, United States Navy		Wikidata
vessel		USS Tarawa	aircraft carrier, United States Navy		Wikidata
vessel		USS Ticonderoga	aircraft carrier, United States Navy		Wikidata
vessel		USS Valley Forge	aircraft carrier, United States Navy		Wikidata
image	1944	Aerial view of Ulithi atoll on 6 November 1944			Wikimedia
image	1961	Concept artwork of Essex-Ticonderoga class carrier as satellite launch ship			Wikimedia
image		Design plan Essex			Wikimedia
image		Essex class preliminary design study			Wikimedia
image		Essex-class carrier modernisations 1944-1960			Wikimedia
image		Four Essex class carriers anchored c1945			Wikimedia
image		Models showing Essex-class aircraft carrier modernizations in 1953			Wikimedia
image		Part of the U.S. Navy Task Force which hammered the heart of the Marshall Is. into submission ... and then anchored in the Majuro Atoll.			Wikimedia
image		Pattern Sheet, MS-3* 6A for Essex-class carriers			Wikimedia
image		Pattern sheet, MS 32a 17A for Essex class			Wikimedia
image		Pattern sheet, MS-33 10A for Essex class			Wikimedia
image		Pattern sheet, Measure 3 -3A for Essex class carriers			Wikimedia
image		Radars on mast of Essex-class carrier in the 1950s			Wikimedia
image		SB2C-4E Helldiver of VB-88 in flight 1945			Wikimedia
image		Ships of 3rd fleet steam into Tokyo Bay, Japan, for the occupation.			Wikimedia
image	1945	TF 38 en route to Japan 1945			Wikimedia
image		USS Bullard (DD-660) underway in 1945			Wikimedia
image		USS Essex, CVA-9, First Platform			Wikimedia
image		USS Essex, CVA-9, Outboard Profile, Starboard			Wikimedia
image		USS Essex, CVA-9, Third Deck			Wikimedia
image	1945	USS Flint (CL-97) at anchor in March 1945 (80-G-K-3813)			Wikimedia
image		USS Shannon (DM-25) underway in Ulithi Atoll, circa in March 1945 (80-G-K-3816)			Wikimedia
image		US Fast Carrier Task Force at Ulithi Atoll in February 1945			Wikimedia
image	1944	US fleet at Majuro Atoll 1944			Wikimedia

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