Ship Class: USS Essex

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Ship Class	USS Essex


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Ship	USS Antietam USS Bennington USS Bon Homme Richard USS Boxer USS Bunker Hill USS Essex USS Franklin USS Hancock USS Hornet USS Intrepid USS Kearsarge USS Lake Champlain USS Lexington USS Leyte USS Oriskany USS Philippine Sea USS Princeton USS Randolph USS Shangri-La USS Tarawa USS Ticonderoga USS Valley Forge USS Wasp USS Yorktown


Ship Type	Aircraft Carrier
Lifts	3
Catapults	2
Aircraft Carrier Type	Fleet
Aircraft	91

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: Developed By Country	3) 2: Flag	4) 1: First Laid Down
	United States		1941 Apr 28

Ship Classes
	Standard Displacement	Length Overall	Beam	Draught	Complement	Class Complement
	27 200ton	249.936m	28.346m	7.01m	2 682	64 368

Ship Classes
	Shafts	Main Engines	Max Speed	Machinery Type	Boilers
	4	150 000hp	32.7kt	Steam Turbine	8

Ship Classes
	Bunkerage	Range	Cruising	Cruising Endurance
	6 330ton	15 000mile	15kt	36.208day

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: As Built Armament	3) 2:Turret Model	4) 3:Image	5) 1: As Built Armour
	Aircraft 91 x			3in Flight Deck \| 4in Belt \| 1.5in Deck
	Gun 4 X US 5in 38cal Mk 32 Twin	US 5in 38cal Mk 32 Twin
	Gun 4 X US 5in 38cal DP Mark 30 Shielded Base Ring Single	US 5in 38cal DP Mark 30 Shielded Base Ring Single

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: Number In Class	3) 1: Built By Shipbuilder	4) 1: Building Cost Per Ship Pound Sterling	5) 1: Building Cost Per Ship Pounds Sterling Per Ton	6) 1: Class Building Cost Pound Sterling	7) 1: Mass Produced By Shipbuilder	8) 7: as Ship Production Batch	9) 8: Number In Batch
	24	Bethlehem Steel At Quincy New York Shipbuilding Newport News Norfolk Navy Yard Philadelphia Navy Yard	16 560 000	599.2	397 440 000	Bethlehem Steel At Quincy	batch details	5
	24		16 560 000	599.2	397 440 000	Newport News	batch details	10

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