Essex-class aircraft carrier

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The Essex-class aircraft carrier was a highly successful and numerous class of U.S. Navy fleet carriers used extensively during World War II and into the early Cold War.

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instanceOf aircraft carrier class
warship class
airGroupSize about 90 aircraft
armament 12 × 5-inch/38 caliber dual-purpose guns
20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns
40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns
armor belt armor up to 4 inches
flight deck armor up to 1.5 inches
beam 93 feet
conflict Korean War
Vietnam War
World War II
countryOfOrigin United States of America
crewComplement about 2600 personnel
designedFor fast carrier task forces
designedInPeriod World War II
designVariant long-hull Ticonderoga subclass
short-hull Essex subclass
draft 28 feet
firstShipCommissioned USS Essex (CV-9)
firstShipLaidDown USS Essex (CV-9)
flightDeckBeam 147 feet
followedBy Midway-class aircraft carrier
fullLoadDisplacement 36000 long tons
influenced postwar U.S. carrier design philosophy
legacy most numerous class of large aircraft carriers ever built
lengthOverall 872 feet
maximumSpeed 33 knots
modernizationProgram SCB-125
SCB-27
notableBattle Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of the Philippine Sea
notableFor high survivability and combat effectiveness in WWII
notableShip USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)
USS Essex (CV-9)
USS Hancock (CV-19)
USS Hornet (CV-12)
USS Intrepid (CV-11)
USS Lexington (CV-16)
USS Ticonderoga (CV-14)
USS Yorktown (CV-10)
numberOfShipsCommissionedDuringWWII 17
numberOfShipsCompleted 24
numberOfShipsPlanned 32
operator United States Navy
postwarConversion angled flight deck
hurricane bow
steam catapults
powerOutput 150000 shaft horsepower
precededBy Yorktown-class aircraft carrier
propulsion 4 shafts
8 boilers
steam turbines
range 20000 nautical miles at 15 knots
role fleet carrier
serviceEntryYear 1942
shipyard Bethlehem Steel, Quincy
Brooklyn Navy Yard
New York Naval Shipyard
Newport News Shipbuilding
Newport News, Virginia
Norfolk Navy Yard
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
someShipsReclassifiedAs anti-submarine warfare carrier (CVS)
attack aircraft carrier (CVA)
auxiliary aircraft transport (AVT)
training carrier (CVT)
standardDisplacement 27000 long tons
usedInPeriod Cold War
World War II

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Midway-class aircraft carrier precededBy Essex-class aircraft carrier
USS Saratoga (CV-3) successorType Essex-class aircraft carriers
subject linked to: CV-3
linked to: Essex-class aircraft carrier
F6F-5N night fighter operatedFrom Essex-class aircraft carriers
linked to: Essex-class aircraft carrier
CVA-9 appliedToShipClass Essex-class aircraft carrier
Commander, Task Force 58 primaryAsset Essex-class aircraft carriers
linked to: Essex-class aircraft carrier
USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum occupiesVesselType Essex-class aircraft carrier
USS Wasp (CV-7) succeededBy Essex-class aircraft carrier
The Blue Ghost appliesTo Essex-class aircraft carrier
USS Wasp (CV-18) shipClass Essex-class aircraft carrier
subject linked to: USS Wasp
USS Yorktown followedBy Essex-class aircraft carrier
CVS-14 assignedToShipClass Essex-class aircraft carrier