USS Essex (CV-9)

USS Essex (CV-9) i 1960

USS Essex (CV-9) (også CVA-9 and CVS-9) var et United States Navy hangarskib i Essex-klassen 1942. Det blev brugt under 2. Verdenskrig og Koreakrigen.

Bestilt: 3 Juli 1940 Påbegyndt: 28 April 1941 Søsat: 31 Jjuli 1942 Færdig 31 December 1942

USS Essex (CV/CVA/CVS-9) var det første skib af Essex klassen der til sidst inkluderede 24 skibe. Fart: 33 knob (61 km/t) Desplacement: Som bygget: 27.100 tons Standard desplacement. 36.380 tons Maximums desplacement. Fly: 90-100 fly om bord.

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USS Essex (CVA-9) underway in heavy seas, 12 January 1960 (NH 98517).jpg
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Essex (CVA-9) takes spray over the bow while steaming in heavy seas, 12 January 1960. Essex, with assigned Carrier Air Group 10 (CVG-10), was deployed to the Mediterranean Sea from 7 August 1959 to 26 February 1960. A Grumman TF-1 Trader COD plane is readied for launch from the angled flight deck. Several Douglas AD-6 and AD-5W Skyraider and Douglas F4D-1 Skyrays are parked behind the island. An AD-5 (BuNo 132463) assigned to United States Fleet Activities Naples, Italy, is parked on the elevator.
After returning from this deployment, Essex was redesignated as an Anti-Submarine Warfare Support Aircraft Carrier (CVS) on 8 March 1960.