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Key Points and Summary: The Essex-class aircraft carriers symbolize American ingenuity and naval dominance during World War II. Built in unprecedented numbers—32 planned and...
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Key Points and Summary: The Essex-class aircraft carriers symbolize American ingenuity and naval dominance during World War II. Built in unprecedented numbers—32 planned and...
Today, the United States Navy operates ten Nimitz-class aircraft carriers. But during the Second World War, the United States began production on an impressive 24...
While most of Essex-class vessels were decommissioned in the 1970s, the last still in service, the USS Lexington, remained active as a training ship until 1991.
The Essex-class aircraft carriers may just be the most noteworthy to ever serve in the US Navy for one simple reason: there were so...
Launched in September 1942, the United States Navy’s USS Lexington (CV/CAV/CVS/CVT/AVT-16) went on to have the longest career of any Essex- class aircraft carrier. She was laid down...
Essex-class, the Aircraft Carriers that Made the US Navy What It Is Today: Perhaps no vessel embodies the U.S. Navy’s embrace of the aircraft carrier as the centerpiece of...
The role that the Essex-class aircraft carrier played in World War II can’t be understated. The ships have been called the backbone of the...