Summary and What You Need to Know: USS Essex (CV-9), the lead ship of the Essex-class aircraft carriers, had a storied career that significantly impacted U.S. naval history. Laid down ...

Along with the USS Bunker Hill (CVN-17), also damaged in a kamikaze attack, the USS Franklin was just one of two U.S. Navy Essex-class carriers never to return to action.

These carriers... What You Need to Know: The USS Oriskany, a retired Essex-class aircraft carrier, now rests off Florida’s coast as the world’s largest artificial reef. Sunk in 2006 ...

USS Oriskany (CVA-34), named after the 1777 Battle of Oriskany, was an Essex-class aircraft carrier that stood 872-feet long ...

Recently, Jason A. Heinlen of the Falls gave his father a hands-on opportunity in which few civilians get to participate. Victor Heinlen accompanied Marine Lance Cpl. Heinlen on a ...