USS Essex CV-9 / CVA-9 / CVS-9

Type:
Aircraft Carrier
Class:
Builder:
Newport News Shipbuilding &
Drydock Company
Newport News, Virginia
Hull Number:
CV-9
CVA-9 (Oct. 1, 1952)
CVS-9 (Mar. 8, 1960)
Ordered:
July 3, 1940
Commissioned:
December 31, 1942
Keel Laid:
April 28, 1941
Decommissioned:
June 30, 1969
Launched:
July 31, 1942
Stricken:
June 1, 1973
   
Fate:
Scrapped at Kearny, New Jersey in 1975.


Builder's Data
Page published Feb. 10, 2008