Essex (CVS 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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HER FIGHTING A TRADITION WOULD NOT LET ESSEX REMAIN AT REST IN THE EARLY MONTHS OF 1949 A NEW BREATH OF LIFE BEGAN TO APPEAR IN THE COM- PARTMENTS AND ALONG THE PASSAGEWAYS OF ESSEX. THE COLD WAR HAD GROWN WARM IN KOREA AND HER COUNTRY BECK- ONED. SHE WAS LITERALLY RIPPED APART - -REBUILT -RECOMMISSIONED -AND REDESIGNATED. THE NEW USS ESSEX QCVA-91 JOINED THE PA- CIFIC FLEET ON 15 JANUARY 1951g COMPLI- MENTED BY A NEW 889 FOOT FLIGHT DECK AND A COMPLETELY REDESIGNED AND -STREAMLINED ISLAND SUPERSTRUQLURE. - ABOVE: CAPTAIN AUSTIN W. WHEELOCK ASSUMES COMMAND OF CVA-9 ON 15 JANUARY 1951. LEFT: ARRESTINC GEAR CABLE IS INSTALLED ON THE FLIGHT DECK OF ESSEX DURING FINAL OUTFITTING 2 MARCH 1951. OPPOSITE: ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA 17 MARCH 1951.