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| Class | Essex |
| Type | Fleet Carrier |
| Year | 1943 |
| Crew | 2682 |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 249.9 m (pp) 265.8 m |
| Beam | 28.4 m - 45.0 m (d) |
| Draught | 8.4 m |
| Displacement | |
| Empty | 27,208 t |
| Loaded | 34,881 t |
| Performance | |
| Speed | 61 km/h |
| Range | 27,780 km @ 28 km/h |
| Machinery | |
| Shafts | 4 |
| Turbines | 4 x Geared steam 150,000 hp Westinghouse |
| Boilers | 8 x Babcock & Wilcox |
| Fuel | Oil: 4,758-6,330 t |
| Armament | |
| Main | 8 x 127-mm/38 (4 x 2, 4 x 1) 5"/38 Mk. 12 -10° / +35° |
| Anti-Aircraft | |
| Armor | |
| Belt | 64 - 76 mm |
| Bulkhead | 51 - 76 mm |
| Deck | 38 mm |
| Barbettes | 38 mm |
| Gun turret | 38 mm |
| Hangar | 76 mm |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft | 80-100 |
| Production | |
| Built | 24 |
| Total | 24 |
| Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
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Essex | CV-9 | Newport News SB | 28/04/1941 | 31/07/1942 | 31/12/1942 | 30/06/1969 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Yorktown | CV-10 | Newport News SB | 01/12/1941 | 21/01/1943 | 15/04/1943 | 27/06/1970 | Preserved | |
|
Intrepid | CV-11 | Newport News SB | 01/12/1941 | 30/08/1942 | 16/08/1943 | 15/03/1974 | Preserved | |
|
Hornet | CV-12 | Newport News SB | 03/08/1942 | 30/08/1943 | 29/11/1943 | 26/06/1970 | Preserved | |
|
Franklin | CV-13 | Newport News SB | 07/12/1942 | 14/10/1943 | 31/01/1944 | 17/02/1947 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Ticonderoga | CV-14 | Newport News SB | 01/03/1943 | 07/02/1944 | 08/05/1944 | 16/11/1973 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Randolph | CV-15 | Newport News SB | 10/05/1943 | 29/06/1944 | 09/10/1944 | 13/02/1969 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Lexington | CV-16 | Bethlehem | 15/07/1941 | 26/09/1942 | 17/02/1943 | 08/11/1991 | Preserved | |
|
Bunker Hill | CV-17 | Bethlehem | 15/09/1941 | 07/12/1942 | 24/05/1943 | 01/1947 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Wasp | CV-18 | Bethlehem | 18/03/1942 | 17/08/1943 | 24/11/1943 | 01/07/1972 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Hancock | CV-19 | Bethlehem | 26/01/1943 | 24/01/1944 | 15/04/1944 | 30/01/1976 | Sold/Scrapped | |
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Bennington | CV-20 | Newport News SB | 15/12/1942 | 26/02/1944 | 06/08/1944 | 15/01/1970 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Boxer | CV-21 | Newport News SB | 13/09/1943 | 04/12/1944 | 16/04/1945 | 01/12/1969 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Bon Homme Richard | CV-31 | New York N Yd | 01/02/1943 | 29/04/1944 | 26/11/1944 | 02/07/1971 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Leyte | CV-32 | Newport News SB | 21/02/1944 | 23/08/1945 | 11/04/1946 | 15/05/1959 | Sold/Scrapped | |
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Kearsarge | CV-33 | New York N Yd | 01/03/1943 | 05/05/1945 | 02/03/1946 | 13/02/1970 | Sold/Scrapped | |
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Oriskany | CV-34 | New York N Yd | 01/05/1944 | 13/10/1945 | 25/11/1950 | 15/05/1976 | Sunk as artifical reef | |
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Reprisal | CV-35 | New York N Yd | 01/07/1944 | 14/05/1945 | - | - | Cancelled, scrapped | |
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Antietam | CV-36 | Philadelphia N Yd | 15/03/1943 | 20/08/1944 | 28/01/1945 | 08/05/1963 | Sold/Scrapped | |
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Princeton | CV-37 | Philadelphia N Yd | 11/09/1943 | 08/07/1945 | 18/11/1945 | 30/01/1970 | Sold/Scrapped | |
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Shangri-La | CV-38 | Norfolk N Yd | 15/01/1943 | 24/02/1944 | 15/09/1944 | 30/06/1971 | Sold/Scrapped | |
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Lake Champlain | CV-39 | Norfolk N Yd | 15/03/1943 | 02/11/1944 | 02/06/1945 | 02/05/1966 | Sold/Scrapped | |
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Tarawa | CV-40 | Norfolk N Yd | 05/01/1944 | 12/05/1945 | 08/12/1945 | 13/05/1960 | Sold/Scrapped | |
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Valley Forge | CV-45 | Philadelphia N Yd | 07/09/1945 | 18/11/1945 | 03/11/1946 | 15/01/1970 | Sold/Scrapped | |
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Iwo Jima | CV-46 | Philadelphia N Yd | 29/01/1945 | - | - | - | Cancelled, scrapped | |
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Philippine Sea | CV-47 | Bethlehem | 19/08/1944 | 05/09/1945 | 11/05/1946 | 28/12/1958 | Sold/Scrapped |
