Essex Aircraft Carrier

Essex was a class of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy, which constituted the 20th century's most numerous class of heavy warships, with 24 ships built. These included members of the "long-hull" Ticonderoga variant/subclass, which some consider a separate class. Thirty-two were originally ordered, however six were cancelled before construction, and two were cancelled after construction had begun. The Essex-class, along with the three Midway-class carriers, were the backbone of the Navy's combat strength in the years after World War II, until the supercarriers began to come into the fleet in numbers during the 1960s and 1970s. - wikipedia

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[maureencora1]

No 20mm not 30mm cannons.

[straswa]

Thanks for upload, great class of fleet carriers.