USS Essex

Five ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Essex, after Essex County, Massachusetts.

• The first Essex was a 32-gun sailing frigate launched in 1799, which played role in the War of 1812.

• The second Essex was an ironclad steamer in the American Civil War.

• The third Essex was a wooden screw steamer launched in 1876, one of the last ships of the "Old Navy".

• The fourth USS Essex (CV-9) was an aircraft carrier commissioned in 1942 (as the first of the Essex class) and active in World War II, the Korean War, and Project Apollo, finally decommissioning in 1969.

• The fifth USS Essex (LHD-2) is an amphibious assault ship commissioned 1992 and on active service as of 2008.

For the civilian whaling ship destroyed by a Sperm Whale, see Whaleship Essex.

In the Star-Trek Universe, the USS Essex is a Daedalus-class Federation ship which crash-landed on the M-class moon of Mab-Bu VI. (See: Power Play (Star Trek: The Next Generation))