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CV-9 USS Essex Supply WESTERN PACIFIC & KOREA 1951-1952
Namesake. USS Essex (1799), was a 36-gun or 32-gun sailing frigate that participated in the Quasi-War with France, the First Barbary War, and in the War of 1812
Ordered. 3 Jul 1940
Builder. Newport News Shipbuilding, VA
Laid down. 28 Apr 1941
Launched. 31 Jul 1942
Commissioned. 31 Dec 1942
Decommissioned. 9 Jan 1947
Recommissioned. 15 Jan 1951
Decommissioned. 30 Jun 1969
Reclassified:	
CVA-9, Oct 1952
CVS-9, Mar 1960
Stricken	. 1 Jun 1973
Fate. Scrapped, 1973
Class and type. Essex-class aircraft carrier
Displacement:	
27,100 long tons (27,500 t) (standard)
36,380 long tons (36,960 t) (full load)
Length:
820 feet (249.9 m) (wl)
872 feet (265.8 m) (o/a)
Beam. 93 ft (28.3 m)
Draft. 34 ft 2 in (10.41 m)
Installed power. 8 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers 150,000 shp (110,000 kW)
Propulsion:	
4 × geared steam turbines
4 × screw propellers
Speed. 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range. 14,100 nmi (26,100 km; 16,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement. 2,600 officers and enlisted men
Armament:	
12 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns
32 × 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns
46 × 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns
Armor. Waterline belt: 2.5–4 in, Deck: 1.5 in, Hangar deck: 2.5 in, Bulkheads: 4 in
Aircraft carried. 90 aircraft

CV-9 USS Essex Supply WESTERN PACIFIC & KOREA 1951-1952

Namesake. USS Essex (1799), was a 36-gun or 32-gun sailing frigate that participated in the Quasi-War with France, the First Barbary War, and in the War of 1812
Ordered. 3 Jul 1940
Builder. Newport News Shipbuilding, VA
Laid down. 28 Apr 1941
Launched. 31 Jul 1942
Commissioned. 31 Dec 1942
Decommissioned. 9 Jan 1947
Recommissioned. 15 Jan 1951
Decommissioned. 30 Jun 1969
Reclassified:
CVA-9, Oct 1952
CVS-9, Mar 1960
Stricken . 1 Jun 1973
Fate. Scrapped, 1973
Class and type. Essex-class aircraft carrier
Displacement:
27,100 long tons (27,500 t) (standard)
36,380 long tons (36,960 t) (full load)
Length:
820 feet (249.9 m) (wl)
872 feet (265.8 m) (o/a)
Beam. 93 ft (28.3 m)
Draft. 34 ft 2 in (10.41 m)
Installed power. 8 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers 150,000 shp (110,000 kW)
Propulsion:
4 × geared steam turbines
4 × screw propellers
Speed. 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range. 14,100 nmi (26,100 km; 16,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement. 2,600 officers and enlisted men
Armament:
12 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns
32 × 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns
46 × 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns
Armor. Waterline belt: 2.5–4 in, Deck: 1.5 in, Hangar deck: 2.5 in, Bulkheads: 4 in
Aircraft carried. 90 aircraft

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