Aircraft Carriers: Essex Class

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Escambia Class Replenishment Oiler USS Cahaba pictured as she conducts a RAS with USS Shangri-La and USS Iowa, July 8th 1945.
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Essex Class Carrier USS Boxer pictured as she slides down the ways, during launching ceremonies at Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia, December 14th 1944.
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Three Agile Class Minesweepers and USS Hornet pictured with USS New Jersey,two Knox Class Frigates and USS Oriskany at Puget Sound Navy Yard,Sinclair Inlet,Bremerton in August 1992.
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USS Randolph pictured on her first Pacific deployment in November 1944.
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USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) with USS Langley (CVL-27) pictured on entering Ulithi achorage, Caroline Islands, December 1944.
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USS INTREPID

Many a ship has a remarkable tale to tell—but few have survived as many scraps as the aircraft carrier berthed at Pier 86 in Hell’s Kitchen, New York. The Intrepid (CV-11) and its sailors and aviators survived hits from four Kamikaze planes, helped sink the largest battleship ever built, recovered three astronauts from the sea, and shot down a MiG jet over Vietnam.

The Musashi—displacing seventy-two thousand tons, it was the largest battleship ever built, with three triple 18.1-inch gun turrets and armor ranging from thirty to sixty-five centimeters thick.

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https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboo ... cks-178896
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Cimarron Class Fleet Oiler USS Cacapon pictured conducting a four station RAS procedure with Essex Class Carrier USS Hancock c 1972.
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Essex Class Carrier USS Franklin pictured in the Elizabeth River, off Norfolk, Virginia, February 21st 1944...Built at Newport News Shipbuilding Shipyards in 1943, commissioned in January 1944, she served in several campaigns in the Pacific War, earning four battle stars. She was badly damaged by a Japanese air attack in March 1945, with the loss of over 800 of her crew, becoming the most heavily damaged USN Aircraft Carrier to survive the war...After the attack, she returned to the U.S. mainland for repairs, missing the rest of the war; she was decommissioned in 1947. While in reserve, she was reclassified as an Attack Carrier (CVA), then an ASW Carrier (CVS), and finally an Aircraft Transport (AVT), but was never modernized and never saw active service again. Franklin and Bunker Hill (damaged by two kamikazes) were the only Essex Class Carriers not to see active service as Aircraft Carriers after World War II. Franklin was sold for scrap in 1966.
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A Scooter awaits as a VA-176 'Thunderbolts' Attack Squadron Douglas A-1H Skyraider is launch prepped aboard Essex Class Carrier USS Intrepid in September 1966.
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Essex Class Carrier USS Ticonderoga pictured off Hampton Roads, June 26th 1944.
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