Essex-class aircraft carrier

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The Essex-class aircraft carrier was a highly successful and numerous class of U.S. Navy fleet carriers used extensively during World War II and into the early Cold War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aircraft carrier class ⓘ
warship class ⓘ
airGroupSize about 90 aircraft ⓘ
armament 12 × 5-inch/38 caliber dual-purpose guns ⓘ
20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
armor belt armor up to 4 inches ⓘ
flight deck armor up to 1.5 inches ⓘ
beam 93 feet ⓘ
conflict Korean War ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
crewComplement about 2600 personnel ⓘ
designedFor fast carrier task forces ⓘ
designedInPeriod World War II ⓘ
designVariant long-hull Ticonderoga subclass ⓘ
short-hull Essex subclass ⓘ
draft 28 feet ⓘ
firstShipCommissioned USS Essex (CV-9) ⓘ
firstShipLaidDown USS Essex (CV-9) ⓘ
flightDeckBeam 147 feet ⓘ
followedBy Midway-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
fullLoadDisplacement 36000 long tons ⓘ
influenced postwar U.S. carrier design philosophy ⓘ
legacy most numerous class of large aircraft carriers ever built ⓘ
lengthOverall 872 feet ⓘ
maximumSpeed 33 knots ⓘ
modernizationProgram SCB-125 ⓘ
SCB-27 ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Iwo Jima ⓘ
Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
Battle of Okinawa ⓘ
Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
notableFor high survivability and combat effectiveness in WWII ⓘ
notableShip USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) ⓘ
USS Essex (CV-9) ⓘ
USS Hancock (CV-19) ⓘ
USS Hornet (CV-12) ⓘ
USS Intrepid (CV-11) ⓘ
USS Lexington (CV-16) ⓘ
USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) ⓘ
USS Yorktown (CV-10) ⓘ
numberOfShipsCommissionedDuringWWII 17 ⓘ
numberOfShipsCompleted 24 ⓘ
numberOfShipsPlanned 32 ⓘ
operator United States Navy ⓘ
postwarConversion angled flight deck ⓘ
hurricane bow ⓘ
steam catapults ⓘ
powerOutput 150000 shaft horsepower ⓘ
precededBy Yorktown-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
propulsion 4 shafts ⓘ
8 boilers ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
range 20000 nautical miles at 15 knots ⓘ
role fleet carrier ⓘ
serviceEntryYear 1942 ⓘ
shipyard Bethlehem Steel, Quincy ⓘ
Brooklyn Navy Yard ⓘ
New York Naval Shipyard ⓘ
Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ
Newport News, Virginia ⓘ
Norfolk Navy Yard ⓘ
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard ⓘ
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard ⓘ
someShipsReclassifiedAs anti-submarine warfare carrier (CVS) ⓘ
attack aircraft carrier (CVA) ⓘ
auxiliary aircraft transport (AVT) ⓘ
training carrier (CVT) ⓘ
standardDisplacement 27000 long tons ⓘ
usedInPeriod Cold War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ

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Midway-class aircraft carrier → precededBy → Essex-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
USS Saratoga (CV-3) → successorType → Essex-class aircraft carriers ⓘ
subject linked to: CV-3
linked to: Essex-class aircraft carrier
F6F-5N night fighter → operatedFrom → Essex-class aircraft carriers ⓘ
linked to: Essex-class aircraft carrier
CVA-9 → appliedToShipClass → Essex-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
Commander, Task Force 58 → primaryAsset → Essex-class aircraft carriers ⓘ
linked to: Essex-class aircraft carrier
USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum → occupiesVesselType → Essex-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
USS Wasp (CV-7) → succeededBy → Essex-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
The Blue Ghost → appliesTo → Essex-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
USS Wasp (CV-18) → shipClass → Essex-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
subject linked to: USS Wasp
USS Yorktown → followedBy → Essex-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
CVS-14 → assignedToShipClass → Essex-class aircraft carrier ⓘ