USS Essex

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USS Essex is a traditional ship name in the American Navy. So far the name has been given five times.

  • USS Essex (1799) , a sailing frigate, commissioned: 1799, lost to Great Britain: 1814
  • USS Essex (1856) , a steam-powered, steel-clad gunboat on the Mississippi River, built: 1856, decommissioned: 1865
  • USS Essex (1876) , a steamship, commissioned 1876, decommissioned 1889, afterwards Ohio Militia training ship
  • USS Essex (CV-9) , an aircraft carrier, entered service: 1942, decommissioned: 1969
  • USS Essex (LHD-2) , a landing dock ship, commissioned in 1992