Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “America’s Essex-Class Aircraft Carriers” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/essex-class-aircraft-carriers/.
America’s Essex-Class Aircraft Carriers
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Talyn
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I guess this is the prequel to my earlier thread which high-lighted the the USS Oriskany (CV/CVA-34), the "BIG/Mighty O" which was the ultimate Essex.
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Talyn
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WW2 construction of the Class resulted in two types; the "short-hulls" and "long-hulls".
Post WW2, successive refits and changing roles meant that the original unitary Essex class became divided by the Navy into several classes, which went through many shifts and re-namings. According to the United States Naval Vessel Register the final class assignments were:
CVS-10 Yorktown class (SCB-27A): Essex, Yorktown, Hornet, Randolph, Wasp, Bennington, Kearsarge, Lake Champlain
CVS-11 Intrepid class (SCB-27C + SCB-144): Intrepid
CVA-19 Hancock class (SCB-27C): Ticonderoga, Hancock, Bon Homme Richard, Oriskany, Shangri-La
AVT-8 Franklin class (unreconstructed ships): Franklin, Bunker Hill, Leyte, Antietam, Tarawa, Philippine Sea
AVT-16 Lexington class (training carrier): Lexington
LPH-4 Boxer class (helicopter assault conversions): Boxer, Princeton, Valley Forge
While the USS Oriskany (CV-34) is listed in the Hancock sub-class the Oriskany partially completed and laid up after WW2, she was completed in 1950 to the much modified SCB-27 design, and from commissioning until her reconstruction 1957-59 was listed as the lead ship of the separate Oriskany class.
Post WW2, successive refits and changing roles meant that the original unitary Essex class became divided by the Navy into several classes, which went through many shifts and re-namings. According to the United States Naval Vessel Register the final class assignments were:
CVS-10 Yorktown class (SCB-27A): Essex, Yorktown, Hornet, Randolph, Wasp, Bennington, Kearsarge, Lake Champlain
CVS-11 Intrepid class (SCB-27C + SCB-144): Intrepid
CVA-19 Hancock class (SCB-27C): Ticonderoga, Hancock, Bon Homme Richard, Oriskany, Shangri-La
AVT-8 Franklin class (unreconstructed ships): Franklin, Bunker Hill, Leyte, Antietam, Tarawa, Philippine Sea
AVT-16 Lexington class (training carrier): Lexington
LPH-4 Boxer class (helicopter assault conversions): Boxer, Princeton, Valley Forge
While the USS Oriskany (CV-34) is listed in the Hancock sub-class the Oriskany partially completed and laid up after WW2, she was completed in 1950 to the much modified SCB-27 design, and from commissioning until her reconstruction 1957-59 was listed as the lead ship of the separate Oriskany class.
Talyn
SAINT
CAPMARINE276
Master Class
Ive been on the Midway, museum in SD, Ca. Been on 2 Balao class WW2 subs. ( 1 hospital ship,
personally on the operating table)
HayesGreener
Ronin
The Oriskany now lies at the bottom in the Gulf off Pensacola
Talyn
SAINT
Yes, we've talked about that in another thread.