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	Essex class aircraft carrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Aircraft design had come a long way from the comparatively light planes used in carriers during the 1930s.
		Most of the first-line carriers of the pre-war years were equipped with flush deck catapults, but owing to the speed and size of these ships very little catapulting was done—except for experimental purposes.
		As bigger carriers entered the fleet, seven of the Essex class and eleven Ticonderogas were reassigned to the anti-submarine warfare mission.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Essex_class_aircraft_carrier (2513 words)

	USS Lexington -- Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
		With aircraft that extended the fleet's firepower beyond the range of large caliber battleship guns, the carrier's status was elevated from reconnaissance platform to that of major surface combatant.
		World War II and the carrier campaigns of the Pacific firmly established the role of aviation within naval operations and the aircraft carrier replaced the battleship as the Navy's primary strike weapon.
		USS Lexington (CV-16) was launched in 1942 as a welded, steel hull, Essex-class aircraft carrier with an overall length of 872 feet and a length along the waterline of 820 feet.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/aviation/lex.htm (712 words)

	USN Ship Types--Essex (CV-9) class aircraft carriers)
		The ten ships of the Essex class, with the thirteen closely-related Ticonderoga class carriers and the Oriskany, a highly modified sister that was the prototype of the SCB-27 modernization program, constituted the industrial age's largest class of heavy warships.
		Third Fleet aircraft carriers at anchor in Ulithi Atoll, 8 December 1944, during a break from operations in the Philippines area.
		Among the aircraft parked on her flight deck are 24 SBD scout bombers (parked aft), about 11 F6F fighters (parked in after part of the midships area) and about 18 TBF/TBM torpedo planes (parked amidships).
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/usnshtp/cv/cv9cl.htm (1588 words)

	The Carrier Project - Essex-class Fleet Carriers
		The Essex-class fleet carriers were the most numerous class of heavy attack carriers built by any nation, and formed the core of the Fast Carrier Task Groups which operated in the Pacific during World War II.
		Several ships were converted to serve as Marine assault transports, carrying a Marine battleforce along with the helicopters to bring them ashore and the fighter aircraft to cover the landings and subsequent operations.
		CV-9 USS Essex CV-10 USS Yorktown CV-11 USS Intrepid CV-12 USS Hornet CV-13 USS Franklin CV-14 USS Ticonderoga CV-15 USS Randolph CV-16 USS Lexington CV-17 USS Bunker Hill CV-18 USS Wasp CV-19 USS Hancock CV-20 USS Bennington CV-21 USS Boxer CV-31 USS Bon Homme Richard CV-32 USS Leyte CV-33 USS Kearsarge
	home.grandecom.net /~cvproj/cv09class.htm (691 words)

	A Brief History of Aircraft Carrier - USS Essex CV 9
		Essex in TG 68.2 now joined with TG 58.1 and 58.3, to constitute the most formidable carrier striking force to date, in launching an attack against Truk (17-18 February 1944) during which eight Japanese ships were sunk.
		En route to the Marianas to sever Japanese supply lines, the carrier force was detected and received a prolonged aerial attack which it repelled in a businesslike manner and then continued with the scheduled attack upon Saipan, Tinian and Guam (23 February).
		She was the first carrier to launch F2H Banshee twinjet fighters on combat missions; on 16 September 1951 one of these planes, damaged in combat, crashed into aircraft parked on the forward flight deck causing an explosion and fire which killed seven.
	ussessex.bravepages.com /essexhistory/essexhistory.html (1241 words)

	essexclass
		The Essex class of carriers was, though you may argue that point, in my opinion the best weapon in the world when commisioned, and stayed the best carrier class until the Midway class became available in October of 1945.
		The Essex class was the successor of Hornet.
		The carrier was able to carry up to a hundred planes, and, due to a aircraft lift to the port side ofthe flightdeck, she was able to recover her planes while storing them in the hangar, and likewise for launching.
	www.totalnavy.com /essexclass.htm (738 words)

	Technical Fletchers
		Probably the one ship type active in World War II which most affected the outcome of that conflict in the Pacific was the Essex class aircraft carrier, heart of the fast carrier task forces.
		Subsequent to the battle of Midway Island, carriers replaced battleships as the capital ships of the U.S. Fleet, and naval air power predominated during the balance of the war in the Pacific.
		Design for the class was not finalized until January 1940, but by the end of that year more than 100 ships had been ordered.
	www.ussstoddard.org /technical_fletchers.html (1061 words)

	USS Oriskany (CV 34)
		Her aircraft struck hard with bombing and strafing attacks against enemy supply lines and coordinated bombing missions with surface gunstrikes along the coast.
		The carrier was on station the morning of 27 October 1966 when a fire erupted on the starboard side of the ship's forward hanger bay and raced through five decks, claiming the lives of 44 men.
		Medical assistance was rushed to the carrier from sister aircraft carriers USS CONSTELLATION (CVA 64) and USS FRANKLIN D. ORISKANY steamed to Subic Bay 28 October 1966, where victims of the fire were transferred to waiting aircraft for transportation to the United States.
	navysite.de /cv/cv34.htm (2028 words)

	Aircraft Carriers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) was affectionately referred to as the Big E’ by her crew and a country that depended on her to hold the line in the early dark months of the war in the Pacific.
		Our hull for the ESSEX class is complete up to the hanger focsle deck and features the early rounded bow and has the armor belts, stem 40mm gun sponson, the port forward 5” and 40mm gun sponson and the shaft exits and strut locations molded in.
		Aircraft are available compatible to this scale and we already offer an extensive line of escorts, weapons and fittings to use with the NIMITZ.
	members.aol.com /ssycatalog/cv.html (1396 words)

	HORNET launching aircraft over the stern
		Essex class carriers were designed to launch over the stern and recover aircraft over the bow.
		This was done so the carrier could still operate if the flight deck was damaged at either end.
		Later Essex carriers were built without the bow arresting wires and the early ones kept theirs through the end of the war.
	www.its.caltech.edu /~drmiles/cv-12_stern_launch.html (125 words)

	Aircraft Carrier Models and Veterans Page, USS Yorktown CV-5, CV-10
		From January to May of 1977 the Yorktown was one of the Aircraft Carriers that covered the landings on the Marshall Islands and on Western New Guinea generally battering the Japanese forces throughout the Central Pacific.
		In June of 1944 the USS Yorktown attacked Saipan and Guam as well as hitting the Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku in the Battle of the Philippine Sea.
		She was the first of the brand new Essex class to see combat.
	www.yellowairplane.com /Models_Ships/Aircraft_Carrier_USS_Yorktown.html (1951 words)

	LEYTE - Essex Class carriers (D Llewellyn James)
		This class of large fast aircraft carrier was a development from the three ships of the pre-war Yorktown Class (see USS Enterprise
		The Essex Class were the mainstay of the Fast Carrier Force, and by the end of 1943 constituted the main striking power of the Pacific Fleet.
		They each had three elevators for their aircraft - the class introduced the deck-edge elevator.
	www.odyssey.dircon.co.uk /LEYTE_EssexClassCarriers.htm (309 words)

	Home Page
		Aircraft Complement changed considerably during WWII and beyond.
		This was the first Essex class modernization program and was carried out on CV-9, CV-10, CV-12, CV-15, CV-18, CV-20, CV-33 and CV39 between 1948 and 1953.
		SCB-125 introduced the angled deck and enclosed "Hurricane" bow to the Essex class.
	www.steelnavy.com /essex_data.htm (742 words)

	Shangri-la Page 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Shangri-La, an Essex class aircraft carrier, was laid down by the Norfolk Navy Yard, at Portsmouth, Va., on 15 January 1943, launched on 24 February 1944, sponsored by Mrs.
		During the next two years, she received an angled flight deck, twin steam catapults, and her aircraft elevators and arresting gear were overhauled.
		At a cost of approximately $7 million, she was virtually a new ship when she commissioned for the third time on 10 January 1955, Capt. Roscoe L. Newman commanding.She conducted intensive fleet training for the remainder of 1955, then deployed to the Far East on 5 January 1956.
	members.aol.com /nickletoo/ladys3.html (1634 words)

	CV-9 ESSEX Class - Navy Ships
		The first of the World War II carriers to do so, she then underwent modernization which gave her a new flight deck, and a streamlined island superstructure.
		On 04 June 1947 the CNO approved Project 27A by which Essex-class carriers were modernized to be able to handle aircraft to 40,000 pounds and included the installation of two H-8 catapults, strengthening the flight deck and clearing it of guns, increasing elevator capacity and adding special provisions for jet aircraft such as blast deflectors.
		USS Essex (CV 9) was recommissioned 16 January 1951, and on 23 August 1951 she went into combat in Korea, the first carrier to launch F2H Banshee twinjet fighters on combat missions.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ship/cv-9.htm (694 words)

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		The carrier displaced 27,100 tons and was 855 feet long, with 3,310 sailors on board.
		The carrier returned to the United States in mid-1951, but was back in the Korean war zone in January 1952.
		It became an “attack carrier” with the hull number CVA 47 and made yet another cruise to the war zone from December 1952 and stayed there until after the July 27, 1953, Korean armistice.
	www.navytimes.com /print.php?f=0-NAVYPAPER-605285.php (531 words)

	Sea Wing #2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		She survived a collision at sea with the British light cruiser Curacoa in October of 1942, carried the most people ever on a floating vessel (16,683) in July of 1943, and participated in the D-Day invasion in June of 1944.
		Mitscher is credited with making the aircraft carrier task force the predominant naval weapon system of the 20th century while aboard Lexington in the western Pacific.
		The ship carried new Tomahawk and Harpoon missiles in addition to her 16-inch guns when she steamed to the Persian Gulf in 1990 for Operation Desert Storm.
	www.check-six.com /Museum/Sea-m2.htm (1465 words)

	USN Ship Types--Ticonderoga (CV-14) class aircraft carriers)
		-- U.S. Ticonderoga Class (CV 14-15, 19, 21, 32-33, 38-40, 45 & 47),
		Throughout the very large program to build Essex class aircraft carriers, modifications were constantly made.
		Ticonderoga class "as-built" design characteristics were identical to those of the Essex class except that overall length was 888 feet.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/usnshtp/cv/cv14cl.htm (1516 words)

	Amazon.com: U.S. Aircraft Carriers: An Illustrated Design History: Books: Norman Friedman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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		Many believe that Raven's book is the standard for the Essex class carrier but it falls far short when compared to this brilliant masterpiece.
		This volume, one of many in Norman Friedman's naval design histories, is amazingly thorough in its coverage of U.S. aircraft carrier design from the 1930s-era Saratoga and Lexington through the nuclear-powered Nimitz-class, as well as the offshoot amphibious assault carriers.
	www.amazon.com /U-S-Aircraft-Carriers-Illustrated-History/dp/0870217399 (1296 words)

	Historic Naval Ships Visitors Guide - USS Hornet
		The veteran Essex-class carrier USS Hornet (CV-12, CVA-12, CVS-12) is the eighth and most distinguished namesake in a long line of U.S. Navy warships with proud naval histories, beginning with the first Hornet in 1775.
		She was constantly in the most forward areas of the Pacific war - sometimes within 40 miles of the Japanese home islands.
		Her pilots destroyed 1,410 enemy aircraft and over one million tons of enemy shipping.
	www.hnsa.org /ships/hornet.htm (426 words)

	Cybermodeler Online - Trumpeter 1/700 USS Ticonderoga CV 14 Aircraft Carrier
		The USS Ticonderoga was technically an Essex-class aircraft carrier, but she was the first "long-hull Essex" to be built.
		Tico's aircraft participated in major combat operations and were responsible for dispatching a number of Japanese surface combatants.
		By May, she was back in the action again and she aircraft conducted one of the last airstrikes of the war, attacking Tokyo and learning of the Japanese surrender shortly thereafter.
	www.cybermodeler.com /hobby/kits/tru/kit_tru_700cv-14.shtml (967 words)

	Bio, Callahan, David F. Jr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The INTREPID was a World War II-era Essex-class aircraft carrier which had been adapted for jet operations in the 1950s.
		He flew the approach well, until in close to the carrier when the aircraft began a left bank, nose dropping, touching down just short of the landing deck and striking the Landing Signals Officer (LSO) platform.
		The aircraft continued a left roll impacting the water in an approximate 90 degree angle.
	www.pownetwork.org /bios/c/c355.htm (437 words)

	diary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		March 14, Initial landing of an aircraft made on the Antietam by Commander A. Shinn flying a F4U Corsair while operating in the Chesapeake Bay.
		7, Essex class aircraft carrier USS Boxer CV21 joined the task force with a relief for the USS Intrepid.
		Present in the harbor was Essex class aircraft carrier USS Hornet, which left in a few daysto return to the United States.
	www.ussantietam.com /diary.html (1734 words)

	Bio, Key, Wilson D.
		Later, the antisubmarine carrier traded its S2 Trackers, SH3 helicopters and E1 Tracers for Skyhawks and Skyraiders and joined her sister ships on Yankee Station to supply air power for strikes over North Vietnam.
		The Skyhawk was built by Douglas Aircraft to provide the Navy and Marine Corps with an inexpensive, lightweight attack and ground support aircraft.
		The two aircraft were launched from the carrier and proceeded to the target area.
	www.pownetwork.org /bios/k/k047.htm (1120 words)

	Historic Naval Ships Visitors Guide - USS Yorktown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Second of the Essex class carriers, Yorktown replaced her namesake, lost at the Battle of Midway in June 1942.
		The Essex carriers formed the core of the fast carrier task forces that struck Japanese forces in the Pacific with devastating results.
		Her onboard exhibits include more than two dozen historic carrier aircraft that saw service in World War II and the Persian Gulf War.
	www.hnsa.org /ships/yorktown.htm (277 words)

	News::Intrepid Museum Heads for Dry Dock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The USS Intrepid, a retired Essex-class aircraft carrier serving as a floating museum, is seen to the right of Pier 86 in New York City, in this June 12, 1990, file photo.
		The carrier's $60 million refurbishment will include opening up more interior spaces to the public, upgrading its exhibits and a bow-to-stern paint job in naval haze-gray.
		The Intrepid, launched in 1943, is one of four Essex-class carriers still afloat six decades after spearheading the naval defeat of Japan in the Pacific.
	www.ktiv.com /News/index.php?ID=6606 (750 words)

	USS BOXER HISTORY
		She carried badly-needed Air Force and Navy planes and personnel to the war zone in a record Pacific transit during July, then was quickly outfitted for combat service and spent September and October 1950 providing air support for United Nations' forces fighting ashore.
		Converted to an anti-submarine warfare aircraft carrier (CVS) in early 1956, she made a final Western Pacific tour in that role during 1956-57.
		Later in 1957, Boxer operated briefly as an experimental assault helicopter aircraft carrier, an indication of things to come for her, the Navy and the Marine Corps.
	www.ussboxer.com /USS_Boxer_History.htm (2660 words)

	Cybermodeler Online - Trumpeter 1/350 USS Yorktown CV 10 Aircraft Carrier 1944
		The Essex class ships were built to provide a larger platform from which to launch naval air strikes and to strengthen the diminishing carrier force.
		The Aircraft decal comes with the stars and bars and unit markings, the ship decals come with flight deck numbers, lines, and elevator markings.
		Trumpeter 1/350 USS Hancock CV 19 Aircraft Carrier 1942 5610
	cybermodeler.com /hobby/kits/tru/kit_tru_cv-10.shtml (907 words)

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