Commissioned in december 1942, essex participated in several campaigns in the pacific theater of operations, earning the presidential unit citation and 13 battle stars She was built in 1942 and was a key player in many victorious battles She was the first carrier in her class, the essex class Carrier operations and attacks against marcus island, wake island, the gilbert islands, kwajalein, the marshall islands, truk, saipan, tinian. She is the 5th ship to bear the name dating back to the frigate which was launched in. The fifth ship to be named essex the mulitipurpose amphibious assault ship (lhd) was the second ship of the wasp class assault ships
The principle mission was to conduct prompt, sustained operations at sea, primarily as the command ship of a naval amphibious group The uss essex was commissioned on october 17 1992 in san diego california. Uss essex was reclassified as cva 9 on october 1, 1952, and on march 8, 1960, became cvs 9 Decommissioned on june 30, 1969, the essex was stricken from the navy list on june 1, 1973, and sold by the defense reutilization and marketing service (drms) for scrapping on june 1. The amphibious assault ship was built at what is now huntington ingalls industries in pascagoula, mississippi. During its period of service this naval warcraft served in both the major seas and received thirteen battle stars
Lhds provide the means to transport, deploy, command and support all elements of a marine landing force of over 2,000.
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