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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Essex-class aircraft carriers | 3 |
Statements (73)
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designVariant |
long-hull Ticonderoga subclass
ⓘ
short-hull Essex subclass ⓘ |
| draft | 28 feet ⓘ |
| firstShipCommissioned | USS Essex (CV-9) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstShipLaidDown | USS Essex (CV-9) GENERATED ⓘ |
| flightDeckBeam | 147 feet ⓘ |
| followedBy | Midway-class aircraft carrier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Battle of Iwo Jima
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Leyte Gulf NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Okinawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Philippine Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | high survivability and combat effectiveness in WWII ⓘ |
| notableShip |
USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
USS Essex (CV-9) NERFINISHED ⓘ USS Hancock (CV-19) NERFINISHED ⓘ USS Hornet (CV-12) NERFINISHED ⓘ USS Intrepid (CV-11) NERFINISHED ⓘ USS Lexington (CV-16) NERFINISHED ⓘ USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) NERFINISHED ⓘ USS Yorktown (CV-10) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion |
4 shafts
ⓘ
8 boilers ⓘ steam turbines ⓘ |
| range | 20000 nautical miles at 15 knots ⓘ |
| role | fleet carrier ⓘ |
| serviceEntryYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| shipyard |
Bethlehem Steel, Quincy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brooklyn Navy Yard NERFINISHED ⓘ New York Naval Shipyard NERFINISHED ⓘ Newport News Shipbuilding NERFINISHED ⓘ Newport News, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Norfolk Navy Yard NERFINISHED ⓘ Philadelphia Naval Shipyard NERFINISHED ⓘ Puget Sound Naval Shipyard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| someShipsReclassifiedAs |
anti-submarine warfare carrier (CVS)
ⓘ
attack aircraft carrier (CVA) ⓘ auxiliary aircraft transport (AVT) ⓘ training carrier (CVT) ⓘ |
| standardDisplacement | 27000 long tons ⓘ |
| usedInPeriod |
Cold War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
USS Saratoga (CV-3)
this entity surface form:
Essex-class aircraft carriers
this entity surface form:
Essex-class aircraft carriers
this entity surface form:
Essex-class aircraft carriers