USS Essex (CV/CVA/CVS-9) was an aircraft carrier and the lead ship of the 24-ship Essex class built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name.

USS Essex (LHD-2) is a Wasp-class Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) in service with the United States Navy. The amphibious assault ship was built at what is now Huntington Ingalls Industries in Pascagoula, Mississippi. She was launched 23 February 1991 and commissioned on 17 October 1992 while moored at Naval Air Station (NAS) North Island.

Service Extends Past the Gates of Naval Base San Diego for USS Essex. SAN DIEGO (March 22, 2024) Amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), ranked number one for volunteer hours among all...

Essex was modernized and readied to support US and UN troops in the Korean War. She toured the West Pacific and supported missions as far as the Yalu River on the border of China and Korea. Essex received an extraordinary 17 battle stars, …

January 18, USS Essex relieved USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) off the coast of Sumatra; From Jan. 18 through Feb. 8, the Essex' assets moved 5,971,000 million pounds of relief supplies to devastated areas of Indonesia.

Jan 11, 2022 · The Apollo 7 crew was welcomed aboard USS Essex (CVS-9), the prime recovery ship for the mission. Left to right are astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr., commander; Donn F. Eisele, command module...

The machine that U.S.A. built was a naval aircraft carrier by the name of USS Essex CV-9. There had been previous warships which had carried the title of the USS Essex, but the CV-9 was the first aircraft carrier in its class.

USS ESSEX was the lead ship of the ESSEX - class of aircraft carriers and the fourth ship in the Navy to bear the name. USS ESSEX was reclassified as CVA 9 on October 1, 1952, and on March 8, 1960, became CVS 9.

USS Essex (CV-9) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier commissioned in 1942, which served through World War II, the Korean War, and Apollo 7 before being decommissioned in 1969; USS Essex (LHD-2) is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship commissioned in 1992 and currently in …

The name Essex comes from Essex County, Massachusetts. The name has been with the United States Navy intermittently since 1799, being assigned to five ships (with a possible sixth depending on how one wants to count). Each ship is listed to the right. The current Essex is a Wasp class amphibious assault ship.