Essex (CVS 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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1'.L ,:, YQ.,- if ESSEX CONTINUED HER ROLE AS A CENTRAL FIGURE IN THE DEFENSE OF FREEDOM DURING THE KOREAN CRISIS. SHE ADDED SEVERAL NEW FIRSTS,' TO HER ALREADY UNBEATABLE RECORD- ONE OF WHICH WAS THE FIRST BANSHEE TO BE LAUNCHED IN COMBAT FROM AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER.

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W 1 A NEW LOOK .... A NEW HOME .... FOLLOWING THE KOREAN CONFLICT ESSEX WAS FUR- THER MODERNIZED WITH AN ANGLED DECK, A HURRI- CANE BOW, AND A SECOND DECK-EDGE ELEVATOR. BY THE SPRING OF 1956 SHE WAS AGAIN READY TO TAKE HER PLACE IN THE MAIN STREAM OF NATIONAL DE- FENSEQ CONTINUING HER ROLE AS AN ATTACK CARRIER. TWO YEARS LATER, ESSEX DEPARTED THE PACIFIC OCEAN ON A 41-DAY CRUISE AROUND SOUTH AMERICA TO HER NEW POSITION WITH THE ATLANTIC FLEET AND A NEW HOME AT MAYPORT, FLORIDA. IN FEBRUARY 1960 ESSEX WAS AGAIN REDESIGNATED AND ON 19 MAY 1960 CVS-9 ENTERED NARAGANSET BAY ENROUTE TO HER PRESENT HOME - NAS QUONSET POINT, RHODE ISLAND. 40 4