[50mhz] USS Essex CVS-9 Aircraft Carrier

[Bill W5WVO]

According to the Wikipedia article about the Essex-class carriers,
the Essex (CV-9) itself was scrapped in 1975. Four of its class
remain as floating museums:

Yorktown (CV-10), at Patriot's Point, Mount Pleasant, South
Carolina
Intrepid (CV-11), in New York City
Hornet (CV-12), in Alameda, California
Lexington (CV-16), at Corpus Christi, Texas

I visited the Yorktown in Charleston harbor some years ago. It was
an awesome experience. Of course, I'm a WW-II history fanatic. :-)

Bill W5WVO


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carl" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>
To: "Chris Boone" <Cboone at earthlink.net>; <50mhz at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 5:31 PM
Subject: Re: [50mhz] USS Essex CVS-9 Aircraft Carrier


> The Essex was fully operational in the early 60's, and based in
Quonset
> Point, RI. I steamed with her aboard another ship many times and
have
> pictures I took of her flight deck about a third under water
during a
> rather nasty November 1962 North Atlantic storm. I was on a
fully loaded
> tanker of 32' draught and we just went straight thru the waves
rather
> than up and over! The tin cans got the worst of it, they rode
like
> corks.
>
> I believe she was the last wooden deck carrier in active service
and was
> being used for ASW work at that time.
>
> Carl
> KM1H
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chris Boone" <Cboone at earthlink.net>
> To: <50mhz at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 7:17 PM
> Subject: RE: [50mhz] USS Essex CVS-9 Aircraft Carrier
>
>
> The Essex is a floating museum if memory serves, Ray......CVS is
Carrier
> Vessel Ship, which no operational carrier is now...all are CVNs
> (Nuclear)
> and the Essex Class hasn't been in service in decades....(since
WWII)
>
> Must be a special event operation...possibly anniversary of
launch or
> decommissioning date.
>
> Chris
> WB5ITT
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
>
>   So... I take it you'll be operating from the USS Essex at that
time?
> Where will the Essex be at that time?
>
>                 Ray,   KBØSTN
>
>
>
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