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Essex Class Aircraft Carrier

Ships in class

Original Table

List of *Essex*-class aircraft carriers
Hull no.	Ship	Yard	Ordered	Keel laid	Launched	Commission	Rebuild(s)	Re-designations	Decomm	Fate
CV-9	Essex	NNSD	Jul 1940	Apr 1941	Jul 1942	Dec 1942 Jan 1951	SCB-27A, 1951 SCB-125, 1956 SCB-144, 1962	CVA-9, 1952 CVS-9, 1960	Jan 1947 Jun 1969	Sold to Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) and scrapped (Jun 1975) in Kearny, New Jersey
CV-10	Yorktown (ex-Bon Homme Richard)	NNSD	Jul 1940	Dec 1941	Jan 1943	Apr 1943 Jan 1953	SCB-27A, 1953 SCB-125, 1955 SCB-144, 1966	CVA-10, 1953 CVS-10, 1957	Jan 1947 Jun 1970	Museum at Charleston, South Carolina (1975)
CV-11	Intrepid	NNSD	Jul 1940	Dec 1941	Apr 1943	Aug 1943 Feb 1952 Oct 1954	SCB-27C, 1954 SCB-125, 1957 SCB-144, 1965	CVA-11, 1952 CVS-11, 1961	Mar 1947 Apr 1952 Mar 1974	Museum at New York City (1982)
CV-12	Hornet (ex-Kearsarge)	NNSD	Sep 1940	Aug 1942	Aug 1943	Nov 1943 Mar 1951 Sep 1953	SCB-27A, 1953 SCB-125, 1956 SCB-144, 1965	CVA-12, 1953 CVS-12,1958	Jan 1947 May 1951 Jun 1970	Museum at Alameda, California (1998)
CV-13	Franklin	NNSD	Sep 1940	Dec 1942	Oct 1943	Jan 1944			Feb 1947	Sold to Portsmouth Salvage Company of Chesapeake, Virginia and scrapped (Aug 1966)
CV-14	Ticonderoga^[a] (ex-Hancock)	NNSD	Sep 1940	Feb 1943	Feb 1944	May 1944 Oct 1954	SCB-27C, 1954 SCB-125, 1957	CVA-14, 1954 CVS-14, 1969	Jan 1947 Sep 1973	Sold to DRMS and scrapped (Sep 1975)
CV-15	Randolph^[a]	NNSD	Sep 1940	May 1943	Jun 1944	Oct 1944 Jul 1953	SCB-27A, 1953 SCB-125, 1956 SCB-144, 1961	CVA-15, 1953 CVS-15, 1959	Feb 1948 Feb 1969	Scrapped (May 1975) in Kearny, New Jersey
CV-16	Lexington (ex-Cabot)	FRSY	Sep 1940	Jul 1941	Sep 1942	Feb 1943 Aug 1955	SCB-27C/125, 1955	CVA-16,1955 CVS-16, 1962 CVT-16, 1969 AVT-16, 1978	Apr 1947 Nov 1991	Museum at Corpus Christi, TX (1992)
CV-17	Bunker Hill	FRSY	Sep 1940	Sep 1941	Dec 1942	May 1943			Jan 1947	Sold to Zidell Explorations, Incorporated of Oregon and scrapped (May 1973)
CV-18	Wasp (ex-Oriskany)	FRSY	Sep 1940	Mar 1942	Aug 1943	Nov 1943 Sep 1951	SCB-27A, 1951 SCB-125, 1955 SCB-144, 1964	CVA-18, 1952 CVS-18, 1956	Feb 1947 Jul 1972	Sold to Union Minerals and Alloys Corporation, of New York City and scrapped (May 1973)
CV-19	Hancock^[a] (ex-Ticonderoga)	FRSY	Sep 1940	Jan 1943	Jan 1944	April 1944 Feb 1954 Nov 1956	SCB-27C, 1954 SCB-125, 1956	CVA-19, 1952 CV-19, 1975	May 1947 Apr 1956 Jan 1976	Sold to DRMS and scrapped (Sep 1976) in Los Angeles area
CV-20	Bennington	BNY	Dec 1941	Dec 1942	Feb 1944	Aug 1944 Nov 1952	SCB-27A, 1952 SCB-125, 1955 SCB-144, 1963	CVA-20, 1952 CVS-20, 1959	Nov 1946 Jan 1970	Scrapped (Jan 1994) in India
CV-21	Boxer^[a]	NNSD	Dec 1941	Sep 1943	Dec 1944	Apr 1945	Amphib	CVA-21, 1952 CVS-21, 1956 LPH-4, 1959	Dec 1969	Scrapped (Feb 1971)
CV-31	Bon Homme Richard	BNY	Aug 1942	Feb 1943	Apr 1944	Nov 1944 Jan 1951 Sep 1955	SCB-27C/125, 1955	CVA-31, 1952	Jan 1947 May 1953 Jul 1971	Sold to Southwest Marine, San Pedro, California, and scrapped (Mar 1992)
CV-32	Leyte^[a] (ex-Crown Point)	NNSD	Aug 1942	Feb 1944	Aug 1945	Apr 1946		CVA-32, 1952 CVS-32, 1953	May 1959	Scrapped (Mar 1970) in Chesapeake, Virginia
CV-33	Kearsarge^[a]	BNY	Aug 1942	Mar 1944	May 1945	Mar 1946 Feb 1952	SCB-27A, 1952 SCB-125, 1957 SCB-144, 1962	CVA-33, 1952 CVS-33, 1958	Jun 1950 Feb 1970	Scrapped (Feb 1974)
CV-34	Oriskany^[b]	BNY	Aug 1942	May 1944	Oct 1945	Sep 1950 Mar 1959	SCB-27, 1950 SCB-125A, 1959	CVA-34, 1952 CV-34, 1975	Jan 1957 Sep 1976	Order scrapped but no action taken and scuttled as an artificial reef in Gulf of Mexico (May 2006)
CV-35	Reprisal^[c]	BNY	Aug 1942	Jul 1944	Dec 1945					Scrapped (Nov 1949) by Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, Maryland
CV-36	Antietam^[a]	PNY	Aug 1942	Mar 1943	Aug 1944	Jan 1945 Jan 1951	Experimental angled deck, 1952	CVA-36, 1952 CVS-36, 1953	1949 May 1963	Sold to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp and scrapped (Feb 1974)
CV-37	Princeton^[a] (ex-Valley Forge)	PNY	Aug 1942	Sep 1943	Jul 1945	Nov 1945 Aug 1950	Amphib	CVA-37, 1952 CVS-37, 1954 LPH-5, 1959	Jun 1949 Jan 1970	Scrapped (May 1971)
CV-38	USS Shangri-La^[a]	NNY	Aug 1942	Jan 1943	Feb 1944	Sep 1944 May 1951	SCB-27C/125, 1955	CVA-38, 1952 CVS-38, 1969	Nov 1947 Jul 1971	Scrapped (Aug 1988) in Taiwan
CV-39	Lake Champlain^[a]	NNY	Aug 1942	Mar 1943	Nov 1944	Jun 1945 Sep 1952	SCB-27A, 1952	CVA-39, 1952 CVS-39, 1957	Feb 1947 May 1966	Scrapped (Apr 1972)
CV-40	Tarawa^[a]	NNY	Aug 1942	Mar 1944	May 1945	Dec 1945 Feb 1951		CVA-40, 1952 CVS-40, 1955	Jun 1949 May 1960	Sold to DRMS and scrapped (Oct 1968)
CV-45	Valley Forge^[a]	PNY	Jun 1943	Sep 1944	Nov 1945	Nov 1946	Amphib	CVA-45, 1952 CVS-45, 1953 LPH-8, 1961	Jan 1970	Sold to Nicolai Joffre Corporation, Beverly Hills, California, and scrapped (Oct 1971)
CV-46	Iwo Jima^[c]	NNSD	Jun 1943	Jan 1945						Canceled while under construction. Scrapped 1946 in slip at Newport News
CV-47	Philippine Sea^[a]	FRSY	Jun 1943	Aug 1944	Sep 1945	May 1946		CVA-47, 1952 CVS-47, 1955	Dec 1958	Sold to Zidell Explorations, Incorporated and scrapped (Mar 1971)

Construction notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Long-bow units
^ Completed to modified design
^ ^a ^b Never completed

[LongBow-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Long-bow units

[CompMod-2] Completed to modified design

[NeverComp-3] Never completed

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