Essex-class

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Essex-class
GPTKB entity
Statements (59)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:aircraftCarried up to 100
gptkbp:armament 12 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
46 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannons
8 × quadruple 40 mm Bofors guns
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 1970s
gptkbp:displacement 27,100 tons
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Essex-class
gptkbp:introduced 1942
gptkbp:length 872 feet
gptkbp:museumShip gptkb:USS_Intrepid_(CV-11)
gptkb:USS_Lexington_(CV-16)
gptkb:USS_Yorktown_(CV-10)
gptkb:USS_Hornet_(CV-12)
gptkb:USS_Bennington_(CV-20)
gptkbp:nickname The 24-hour carriers
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
gptkbp:notableShip gptkb:USS_Princeton_(CV-37)
gptkb:USS_Essex_(CV-9)
gptkb:USS_Intrepid_(CV-11)
gptkb:USS_Lexington_(CV-16)
gptkb:USS_Yorktown_(CV-10)
gptkb:USS_Coral_Sea_(CV-43)
gptkb:USS_Randolph_(CV-15)
gptkb:USS_Wasp_(CV-18)
gptkb:USS_Hornet_(CV-12)
gptkb:USS_Bennington_(CV-20)
gptkb:USS_Bon_Homme_Richard_(CV-31)
gptkb:USS_Boxer_(CV-21)
gptkb:USS_Bunker_Hill_(CV-17)
gptkb:USS_Franklin_(CV-13)
gptkb:USS_Hancock_(CV-19)
gptkb:USS_Iwo_Jima_(CV-46)
gptkb:USS_Kearsarge_(CV-33)
gptkb:USS_Lake_Champlain_(CV-39)
gptkb:USS_Oriskany_(CV-34)
gptkb:USS_Philippine_Sea_(CV-47)
gptkb:USS_Reprisal_(CV-35)
gptkb:USS_Tarawa_(CV-40)
gptkb:USS_Ticonderoga_(CV-14)
gptkb:USS_Valley_Forge_(CV-45)
gptkb:USS_Antietam_(CV-36)
gptkb:USS_Shangri-La_(CV-38)
USS Wright (CV-47)
gptkbp:numberBuilt 24
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Yorktown-class
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:speed 33 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Midway-class
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Essex_(CV-9)
gptkb:USS_Ticonderoga_(CV-14)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5