CV-9

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Essex-class aircraft carrier United States Navy ship aircraft carrier

CV-9 is the hull number of USS Essex, a World War II-era Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that played a major role in Pacific Theater operations.

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Label Occurrences
CV-9 canonical 6

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Essex-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
United States Navy ship ⓘ
aircraft carrier ⓘ
airGroupCapacity approximately 90–100 aircraft ⓘ
awarded 13 battle stars for World War II service ⓘ
4 battle stars for Korean War service ⓘ
Navy Unit Commendation ⓘ
Presidential Unit Citation (United States) ⓘ
surface form: Presidential Unit Citation
beam 28.3 m ⓘ
93 ft ⓘ
builder Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ
classLeadShip Essex class ⓘ
commissioned 1942-12-31 ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
decommissioned 1947-01-09 ⓘ
displacement about 27,100 long tons standard ⓘ
about 36,380 long tons full load ⓘ
fate sold for scrap ⓘ
finalDecommissioning 1969-06-30 ⓘ
followedBy USS Yorktown (CV-10) ⓘ
homeport Pacific Fleet ⓘ
hullNumber CV-9 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
laidDown 1941-04-28 ⓘ
laterReclassifiedAs antisubmarine warfare carrier (CVS-9) ⓘ
launched 1942-07-31 ⓘ
length 265.8 m ⓘ
872 ft ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 33 knots ⓘ
modernizedAs CVA-9 ⓘ
surface form: attack aircraft carrier (CVA-9)
namedAfter Essex County, Massachusetts ⓘ
USS Essex (1799) ⓘ
notableFor major role in Pacific Theater operations during World War II ⓘ
operator United States Navy ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ
Korean War operations ⓘ
Marianas campaign ⓘ
Battle of Okinawa ⓘ
surface form: Okinawa campaign

U.S. invasion of Leyte ⓘ
surface form: Philippines campaign
placeBuilt Newport News, Virginia ⓘ
precededBy USS Wasp (CV-7) ⓘ
propulsion 4 shafts ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
recommissioned 1951-01-16 ⓘ
role fleet carrier ⓘ
shipClass Essex class ⓘ
soldForScrap 1975-06-01 ⓘ
strickenFromNavalRegister 1973-06-01 ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

USS Essex (CV-9) → hullNumber → CV-9 ⓘ
USS Essex → hullNumber → CV-9 ⓘ
CV-9 → hullNumber → CV-9 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Essex (CV-9)
CVA-9 → postwarRedesignationOf → CV-9 ⓘ
CVS-9 → hullNumber → CV-9 ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Essex
CVS-9 → followsDesignation → CV-9 ⓘ