Essex | World Warships

Class

Essex

Aircraft Carrier

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Dimension

Length: 271.27m

Beam: 32.46m

Displacement

Standard: 33250 tons

Full Load: 44700 tons

Machinery

Main Engines:

4 geared steam turbine

Total Power Units: 150000 SHP

Speed: 32.5 knots

Complement

Ships Company: 3650

Aircraft

Aircraft Capacity: Fixed wing aircraft and helicopters

Photos

Matterson Marine Collection

Photos of this Class

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Record Details

This page last updated: 18 Jun 2012

Ships of this Class

Name	Pennant	Builder	Launched	Commisioned	De-Commissioned	Status
Essex	9	Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News	31 Jul 1942	31 Dec 1942	30 Jun 1969	Scrapped
Yorktown	10	Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News	21 Jan 1943	15 Apr 1943	27 Jun 1970	Preserved (Memorial)
Intrepid	11	Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News	26 Apr 1943	16 Aug 1943	15 Mar 1974	Preserved (Museum)
Hornet	12	Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News	30 Aug 1943	29 Nov 1943	26 Jun 1970	Preserved (Museum)
Franklin	13	Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News	14 Oct 1943	31 Jan 1944		Scrapped
Ticonderoga	14	Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News	7 Feb 1944	8 May 1944	16 Nov 1973	Scrapped
Randolph	15	Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News	29 Jun 1944	9 Oct 1944	13 Feb 1969	Scrapped
Lexington	16	Bethlehem Steel	26 Sep 1942	17 Feb 1943		Preserved (Museum)
Bunker Hill	17	Bethlehem Steel	7 Dec 1942	20 May 1943		Scrapped
Wasp	18	Bethlehem Steel	17 Aug 1943	24 Nov 1943	1 Jul 1972	Scrapped
Hancock	19	Bethlehem Steel	17 Aug 1943	15 Apr 1944	30 Jan 1976	Scrapped
Bennington	20	New York Naval Ship Yard, New York	26 Feb 1944	6 Aug 1944	15 Jan 1970	Scrapped
Boxer	21	Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News	14 Dec 1944	16 Apr 1945	1 Dec 1969	Scrapped
Bon Homme Richard	31	New York Naval Ship Yard, New York	29 Apr 1944	26 Nov 1944	2 Jul 1971	Scrapped
Leyte	32	Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News	23 Aug 1945	11 Apr 1946		Scrapped
Kearsarge	33	New York Naval Ship Yard, New York	5 May 1945	2 Mar 1946		Scrapped
Oriskany	34	New York Naval Ship Yard, New York	13 Oct 1945	25 Sep 1950	15 May 1976	Sunk (Artificial Reef)
Reprisal	35	New York Naval Ship Yard, New York				Construction Cancelled
Antietam	36	Philadelphia Naval Ship Yard, Philadelphia	20 Aug 1944	28 Jan 1945		Scrapped
Princeton	37	Philadelphia Naval Ship Yard, Philadelphia	8 Jul 1945	18 Nov 1945		Scrapped
Shangri La	38	Norfolk Naval Ship Yard, Norfolk	24 Feb 1944	15 Sep 1945	30 Jun 1971	Scrapped
Lake Champlain	39	Norfolk Naval Ship Yard, Norfolk	2 Nov 1944	3 Jun 1945		Scrapped
Tarawa	40	Norfolk Naval Ship Yard, Norfolk	12 May 1945	8 Dec 1945	13 May 1960	Scrapped
Valley Forge	45	Philadelphia Naval Ship Yard, Philadelphia	18 Nov 1945	3 Nov 1946	15 Jan 1970	Scrapped
Iwo Jima	46	Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News				Construction Cancelled
Philippine Sea	47	Bethlehem Steel	5 Sep 1945	11 May 1946	28 Dec 1958	Scrapped

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