The fourth Essex was launched 31 July 1942 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. sponsored by Mrs. Artemus L. Gates, wife of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air; and commissioned 31 December 1942, Captain D. B. Duncan commanding.
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  • Stanley Neely November 28, 2014 at 10:09pm

    I was stationed on the Essex for only 4 months while awaiting RM A school. I was on the deck force and at 17 years old was scared as hell. That was in 1964. I went on to spent 22 years in the Navy, retiring in 1986 as a RMCS.

  • Daniel J Chesley May 15, 2013 at 6:26pm

    Was a member of the last crew 68-69. 

  • Gerald Mc Donell November 27, 2009 at 8:14am
    I served aboard the Essex in 1958. I was was in VF-11 The Red Rippers. We started in the Med and ended up in the Far East.We traveled over 72,000.00 miles in 10 months.
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