Essex-class aircraft carriers

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Essex-class_aircraft_carriers

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:ship
gptkbp:aircraftCarried	up to 100
gptkbp:armament	gptkb:20_mm_Oerlikon_cannons gptkb:40_mm_Bofors_guns 12 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
gptkbp:builder	gptkb:New_York_Naval_Shipyard gptkb:Philadelphia_Naval_Shipyard gptkb:Brooklyn_Navy_Yard gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding gptkb:Fore_River_Shipyard gptkb:Bethlehem_Steel gptkb:Norfolk_Naval_Shipyard gptkb:Puget_Sound_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:category	gptkb:World_War_II_aircraft_carriers_of_the_United_States Cold War aircraft carriers of the United States
gptkbp:crewComplement	2,600–3,400
gptkbp:decommissioned	1970s
gptkbp:displacement	27,100 tons (standard)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Essex-class aircraft carriers
gptkbp:introduced	1942
gptkbp:length	872 ft (266 m)
gptkbp:museumShip	gptkb:Patriots_Point_Naval_&_Maritime_Museum gptkb:USS_Intrepid_(CV-11) gptkb:USS_Lexington_(CV-16) gptkb:USS_Yorktown_(CV-10) gptkb:USS_Lexington_Museum gptkb:USS_Intrepid_Sea,_Air_&_Space_Museum gptkb:USS_Hornet_Museum gptkb:USS_Hornet_(CV-12)
gptkbp:nickname	The 24-hour carriers
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea Battle of Iwo Jima
gptkbp:notableShip	gptkb:USS_Essex_(CV-9) gptkb:USS_Intrepid_(CV-11) gptkb:USS_Lexington_(CV-16) gptkb:USS_Yorktown_(CV-10) gptkb:USS_Hornet_(CV-12) gptkb:USS_Ticonderoga_(CV-14)
gptkbp:numberBuilt	24
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:precededBy	Yorktown-class aircraft carriers
gptkbp:propulsion	Steam turbines
gptkbp:speed	33 knots
gptkbp:successor	Midway-class aircraft carriers
gptkbp:usedIn	gptkb:Korean_War gptkb:Vietnam_War gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:SCB-27_modernization
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5