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Essex
| Name | Essex |
|---|---|
| Ship type | CV |
| Nation | United States |
| Officers | 268 |
| Men | 2363 |
| Design displacement | 27,500t |
|---|---|
| Actual displacement | 31,300t |
| Length | 872ft |
| Beam | 93ft |
| Draft | 23ft |
| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Catapults | 2 |
| Elevators | 3 |
| Arrestor cables | 8 |
| Flight deck length | 862ft |
| Flight deck width | ft |
| Propulsion | Westinghouse geared turbines connected to 4 shafts; 8 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
|---|---|
| Power | 150,000 hp |
| Shafts | 4 |
| Speed | 33kts |
| Range | 20,000 miles |
Class members
| Name | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Builder |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antietam (CV-36) | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard | ||
| Bennington (CV-20) | Brooklyn Navy Yard | ||
| Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) | Brooklyn Navy Yard | ||
| Bunker Hill (CV-17) | Fore River Shipyard | ||
| Essex (CV-9) | 1942-12-31 | 1947-01-09 | Newport News |
| Franklin (CV-13) | Newport News | ||
| Hancock (CV-19) | Fore River Shipyard | ||
| Hornet (CV-12) | Newport News | ||
| Intrepid (CV-11) | Newport News | ||
| Lexington (CV-16) | Fore River Shipyard | ||
| Randolph (CV-15) | Newport News | ||
| Shangri-La (CV-38) | Norfolk Navy Yard | ||
| Ticonderoga (CV-14) | Newport News | ||
| Wasp (CV-18) | Fore River Shipyard | ||
| Yorktown (CV-10) | Newport News |