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USS Essex (CV 9)

Aircraft Carrier of the Essex class


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NavyThe US Navy
TypeAircraft Carrier
ClassEssex 
PennantCV 9 
Built byNewport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down28 Apr, 1941 
Launched31 Jul, 1942 
Commissioned31 Dec, 1942 
End service30 Jun, 1969 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 9 January 1947.
Recommissioned 1 February 1951.
Decommissioned 30 June 1969.
Stricken 1 June 1973.
Sold to be broken up for scrap.  

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