ESSEX CLASS (24 ships)
ANTIETAM (Aug. 20, 1944)
BENNINGTON ( Feb. 26, 1944)
BON HOME RICHARD (April 29, 1944)
BOXER (Dec. 14, 1944)
BUNKER HILL (Dec. 7, 1942)
ESSEX (July 31, 1942)
FRANKLIN (Oct. 14, 1943)
HANCOCK (ex- Ticonderoga, Jan. 24, 1944)
HORNET (ex- Kearsarge, Aug. 29, 1943)
INTREPID (April 26, 1943)
KEARSARGE (May 5, 1945)
LAKE CHAMPLAIN (Nov. 1944)
LEXINGTON (ex- Cabot, Sept. 26,
1942)
LEYTE (ex- Crown Point, Aug. 23,
1943)
ORISKANY (Oct. 13, 1945)
PHILIPPINE SEA (ex- Wright, Sept.
5, 1945)
PRINCENTON (ex- Valley Forge, July
8, 1945)
RANDOLPH (June 28, 1944)
SHANGRI-LA (Feb. 24, 1944)
TARAWA (May 12, 1945)
TICONDEROGA (ex- Hancock, Feb.
7,1944)
VALLEY FORGE (Nov. 18, 1945)
WASP (ex- Oriskany, Aug. 17, 1942)
YORKTOWN (ex- Bon Homme Richard,
Jan. 21,1943) |
Displacement: 27,100 tons (33,000 full load)
Complement: 3,240
Length: (p.p) 874 ft, 888 ft (o.a)
Beam: 93 ft
Draught: 29 ft
Aircraft: 82 (103 have been carried)
Guns:
12 - 5 inch, 38 cal.
72 - 40 mm AA quadrupled
52 - 20 mm AA quadrupled
Armour:
2.5" - 4" side amidships
1.5" flight deck
3" hangar deck
1.5" main deck
1.5" tower
Machinery: Geared turbines.4 shafts. S.H.P.: 150,000 =
33 kts.Boilers: 8 Babcock & Wilcox.. |
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Notes: First 11 of class ordered 1940. Inclusive cost
officially estimated to average $68,932,000, but Princenton
is said to have cost $76,000,000 and Kearsarge $90,000,000.
Essex was built in 20 months. Yorktown in 17.5
months. Contracts were changed from original assignments in some
instances. Later ships of this class are of improved design,
with stronger flight decks, and are more thoroughly sub-divided.
Two ships under construction at New York Navy Yard and Newport
News were canceled in August, 1945, and six others in March,
1945. Construction of Oriskany has been held up for a
year from August, 1946, presumably with a view to modification
of design.
Engineering note: In November 1945, Lake Champlain
made Atlantic crossing from Gibraltar to Newport News in 4 days,
8 hours, 51 minutes, equal to an Average speed of 32.048 kts. |
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No. |
Name |
Builders |
Machinery |
Laid down |
Completed |
CV 9
CV 10
CV 11
CV 12
CV 13
CV 14
CV 15
CV 16
CV 17
CV 18
CV 19
CV 20
CV 21
CV 31
CV 32
CV 33
CV 34
CV 36
CV 37
CV 38
CV 39
CV 40
CV 45
CV 47 |
Essex
Yorktown
Intrepid
Hornet
Franklin
Ticonderoga
Randolph
Lexington
Bunker Hill
Wasp
Hancock
Bennington
Boxer
B.H.Richard
Leyte
Kearsarge
Oriskany
Antietam
Princenton
Shangri-La
Lake Champlain
Tarawa
Valley Forge
Philippine Sea |
Newport News S.B.&D.D.Co.
Newport News S.B.&D.D.Co.
Newport News S.B.&D.D.Co.
Newport News S.B.&D.D.Co.
Newport News S.B.&D.D.Co.
Newport News S.B.&D.D.Co.
Newport News S.B.&D.D.Co.
Bethlehrm Steel Co.,Quuincy
Bethlehrm Steel Co.,Quuincy
Bethlehrm Steel Co.,Quuincy
Bethlehrm Steel Co.,Quuincy
New York Navy Yd.
Newport News Co.
New York Navy Yd.
Newport News Co.
New York Navy Yd.
do.
Philadelphia Navy Yard
do.
Norfolk Navy Yard
do.
do.
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Bethlehrm Steel Co.,Quuincy |
Builders |
28/4/41
1/12/41
1/12/41
1942
7/12/42
1942
15/7/41
15/9/41
1941
1942
1942
15/12/42
1943
2/1/43
1944
1/3/44
1944
1943
1944
1942
1944
1944
1944
1944 |
31/12/42
16/5/43
16/8/43
29/11/43
31/1/44
8/5/44
9/10/44
17/3/43
24/5/43
24/11/43
15/4/44
6/8/44
16/4/45
26/11/44
11/4/46
2/3/46
28/1/45
18/11/45
15/4/44
3/6/45
8/12/45
3/11/46
11/5/46 |
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ESSEX |
ESSEX |
ESSEX |
ESSEX |
ESSEX |
ESSEX |
ESSEX |
ESSEX |
ESSEX |
ESSEX |
ESSEX Boston 1945 |
ESSEX |
ESSEX |
ESSEX |
ESSEX |
ESSEX Philipine Sea, June 1944 |
ESSEX |
ESSEX |
ESSEX 14/5/45 |
ESSEX at Brementon Navy Yard, October 1945 |
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BUNKER HILL |
BUNKER HILL |
BUNKER HILL |
BUNKER HILL 11/5/45 after
2 kamikadze (Judy) hits. |
BUNKER HILL - Okinawa |
BUNKER HILL 11/5/45 |
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FRANKLIN
19/3/45 after kamikadze hit |
FRANKLIN
19/3/45 after kamikadze hit |
FRANKLIN |
FRANKLIN
19/3/45 after kamikadze hit |
FRANKLIN 19/3/45 after
kamikadze hit, thx to CL Santa Fe (in front) safety reached Pearl
Harbour. |
FRANKLIN |
FRANKLIN |
FRANKLIN
19/3/45 after kamikadze hit |
FRANKLIN
19/3/45 after kamikadze hit |
FRANKLIN
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FRANKLIN
19/3/45 after kamikadze hit |
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INTREPID |
INTREPID |
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BENNINGTON |
BENNINGTON |
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PRINCENTON |
PRINCENTON |
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LEXINGTON |
LEXINGTON |
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RANDOLPH |
ANTIETAM |
LEYTE |
YORKTOWN |
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WASP |
WASP |
WASP |
WASP |
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HANCOCK |
HANCOCK |
HANCOCK |
HANCOCK |
HANCOCK |
HANCOCK |
HANCOCK |
HANCOCK |
HANCOCK |
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