Essex-class aircraft carrier

1940s class of aircraft carrier of the United States Navy

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1942 aircraft carrier, capital ship, Oriskany-class Essex-class aircraft carrier, Essex-class (SCB-125) aircraft carrier, Ticonderoga-class aircraft carrier, Essex-class (short bow), Essex-class (SCB-27A) aircraft carrier, Essex-class (SCB-27C) aircraft carrier, Essex-class (SCB-27C/125) aircraft carrier, ship class, Newport News Shipbuilding, World War II, United States Navy, United States of America, 

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  USS Bon Homme Richard
  
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  USS Boxer 1944
  
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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
  

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Frameless

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

Design plan Essex

Essex carriers mothballed1 Bremerton 1989

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	Description	Date	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	1944	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		Wikidata
vessel	USS Intrepid		preserved watercraft, museum ship, aircraft carrier, United States Navy		Wikidata
vessel	USS Iwo Jima		aircraft carrier, United States Navy		Wikidata
vessel	USS Kearsarge		aircraft carrier, United States Navy		Wikidata
vessel	USS Lake Champlain		aircraft carrier, United States Navy		Wikidata
vessel	USS Lexington		preserved watercraft, military museum, museum ship, aircraft carrier, United States Navy, 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		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	Concept artwork of Essex-Ticonderoga class carrier as satellite launch ship	1961			Wikimedia
image	Design plan Essex				Wikimedia
image	Essex carriers mothballed1 Bremerton 1989	1989			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	TF 38 en route to Japan 1945	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	USS Flint (CL-97) at anchor in March 1945 (80-G-K-3813)	1945			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	US fleet at Majuro Atoll 1944	1944			Wikimedia