Essex (CVA 9) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1946

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Ullll llll ill ' l llllllllllll 1325 1943 llll lllllllll llll lll, .t , l-hi, l,k.mi,Mw: bl Z X ,g, ll-,ring this periwtl the ESSEX was Mlwhibimlx Owns , . L ke I .e get e 44 e , i rig.: gina--Lg lip' japanese torpedo planes Ryu. tn 5- U x-x- Ll,'H5,, M ' ' A xv. .2 'g-gt. LYl, il1C' tiirinzgli xitisvatlied. l H1 5fE'1ffUl'f1 NLF- V515 N - ' l:.f- - -4,-f, apaziiiii ft: rlie iiillierzs was a rugged experience fur i at-t:.i:i.szi iz: :in 1- rt if Kiii-'HSN 'K l gf Egr:EQX. lt 1'-as the first time she participated in an am- .'-tw-ifftl KWH V-M will 7 1 iiivimgs fiperatiftz. ller air grfnip made more than 700 in- lilte FSH-'X was :Ext 1 1 dividgai sr-rzies :intl drfippetl tiver 300,000 pounds of bombs. I-P3 1-'ffff Uhifli 1D?'f L Ti: 4- fl .-Xfrhfiugli Illese attacks literally' pulverized all the above-ground In 1'l'l-Ili? Wfffffi 1- 53 'Ui T-VU ' ll- 'T 352' 313733 i:'.stail:izifms nn the island they did not eliminate the .laps ill landings by destroying .2 :.1i..2.io::s sw. Q1.llrffT?iLlCEZ7Tr ' ' :heir iizidergrfinnd duguuts and they bitterly defended the Ihr' lSl1llNl ef lilflfll 011 'li-if-W-1 -li ', if- isiazid as to make the lnattle for Tarawa one of the bloodifff .-Xt dawn on the znorniztg of Xovernixr 15th. planes :rig-rn the 511 thf hlff0YP' 'lf the Afmfd FUTCES Of the United STIHCS- ICSSEX arrived over Tarawa .-Xtoil and made their irsr attack The training in amphibious operations which the ESSEX fe' on Bititu Island. For several days prior to and during the eeived in the Gilberts was of great assistance to the occupati0l1 amphibious operation, planes from the ESSEX kept the island later of Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshalls. 30 S y



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THE IIEUUPATIU HF THE MAHSHALLS ll Ullll ZH FEBHUAHY3 1944 The occupation of the Marshalls was the second amphibious operation in which the ESSEX parti- cipated. The operation was of special significance in that it marked the first time than any land area owned by them before the war had ever been taken away from the Japanese. It was the first time in history that the sons of the Rising Sun had actually lost japanese soil in battle. The ESSEX good luck still continued and again by carefully selected route and by careful timing of the approach, the Task Group of which the ESSEX was a part launched a surprise attack of Roi and Namur lslands, Kwajalein Atoll in the pre-dawn hours of -lanuarv QQ. 1944. The initial attacks were so devastating that hx' noon that day' every enemv plane in the air or on the ground at this base. the strongest in the Klarshalls. had been destroyed bv ESSEX planes and planes from the two other carriers operating with her. For the next two das' prior to the main landings on Roi and Namur. it was simply' a question of reducing the installations on both islands to a shamble. Wfhen the area was officially announced as cap- tured, and when this major striking force was no longer needed, retirement was affected.

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