She was built in 1942 and was a key player in many victorious battles Online library of selected images She was the first carrier in her class, the essex class
Carrier operations and attacks against marcus island, wake island, the gilbert islands, kwajalein, the marshall islands, truk, saipan, tinian.
It could fit a total of 108 aircrafts on it of various sizes, alongside a set of weaponry for defensive purposes
The primary purpose of this invention. She participated in many major battles, survived kamikaze attacks, and was modernized several times. Uss essex was reclassified as cva 9 on october 1, 1952, and on march 8, 1960, became cvs 9 Decommissioned on june 30, 1969, the essex was stricken from the navy list on june 1, 1973, and sold by the defense reutilization and marketing service (drms) for scrapping on june 1.
