Essex (CVA 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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l-IISTCDQY The present ESSEX was launched and com- missioned in IQLLZ. It took twenty months to build her at an approximate Cost ot SI5oQ,ooo,ooo. During World War Il she earned the name orc the tighting'est ship in the Navy. ln IQLLQ, she was dry-docked For redesigning and remodelling to her to handle larger and more powerful GD o D X5 u 4ig W,,,,n-jfii She was recommissioned in Puget Sound , hipyard Bremerton Washington on January ,iq . Y A r u l I l A Wir-'Q ol: the remodelling was about 'Mlllll' l'l,9C Arcter Shakedown and training .,m llil ordered to Korean waters. She pmbat zone, on August 2I, lQ5I. eturned From the lfirst tour on l'-s departed For Korean waters ith Air -l-ask Group TWG Q Wi' MV months ot the second Ili , ll gl N if d d 3i,ooo b b d illion rounds ocigmmaichaiiie 3 FI ying 7 ,000 this tour, the ESSEX coordinated UN strikes all 'es to the Yalu lQiver in North Korea, destroying over I,I00 'buildings and damaging more than 500 others. ln close air support ol: UN Front line troops, ESSEX planes killed an estimated 500 enemy soldiers and smashed IL!-Li bunkers. Cn September 12, lQ52, Captain paul D. STR00l3 temporarily relieved Captain QQDEE as

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X, I7QQ ,- '1f W.r'V!l 2 lx 1 Qi P kv 1 ESSEX The icirst ESSEX was a 30 to LLO gun Erigate built in I7QQ. ln the War ol: I8l2, she was commanded by Captain David porter. The Captain had his Foster son appointed to serve with him as a midshipman when he was just one month over ten years ol: age. This vvas David G. Earragut. The ESSEX did so much damage to British ERN ping that a Fleet was sent to capture her. She ix i l i -rl 4 was captured oft Valparaiso, Chile, and I an ikxv i 'llll i lg part ot the British Navy. Une of the iii -in II Whalers, captured previously by Captai , --- 'lli f L I, .ir , vvas armed and named ESSEX JU ., li Fought in the same battle vvith th ifilff m il -i , Nl.- if e survivin risoners o o f ' il 1' th gp ., 'wM' econ i to gm ,i:,r g ...W . i.iZF. ,f . iiii . H -K. i paddle wheel ' 31 V lj, W,-ml converted in v V . X ?lN l N! sire had Q speed O ri ,,, M. X2 Nr 5 E 1 ,, ,b. N 471 ,i iceet, and was 'v . l inches oh iron For armor. She inch, three nine inch, and a numbe H ---ef : guns. Active during the Civil War, a ter it, she was sold at auction. ' ESSEX number three was a wooden screvv steamer built in IES76. She performed her peace- time duties vvell and was used as a training ship until lQ3O, when she was sold and stricken From the Navy lists.

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