Articles
- Article by Peter Kimenai
- Published on January 18th, 2025
American aircraft carriers of the Essex class (1942)
Engineers started the design of the Essex-class aircraft carriers of the US Navy just prior to the start of World War 2 as soon as all previous limitations of the naval sea treaties had been rescinded. Shortly after the USA entered the war in 1941, the very first carrier of this class, USS Essex, entered service. A total of 24 have been built, 18 of which during World War 2. Through their innovative design and size, they soon played a pivotal role in the war, specifically in the Pacific, and paved the way for replacing the battleship as the backbone of any global naval force. Through successive modernisation programs, the Essex-class continued to play a key role in the US Navy throughout the 1950s and the early 1960s, until replaced by the US Navy's super carriers.
- Article by Peter Kimenai
- Published on July 26th, 2023
American aircraft carriers
September 26, 1910, saw naval officer Captain Washington Irving Chambers named as liaison officer between all parties involved in the operatioonal deployment of aircraft by the US Navy. This appointment by the Secretary of the Navy can be considered the birth of American naval aviation. Cooperation between the US Navy and aircraft manufacturer Glenn Curtiss led on November 14, 1910 to Eugene Ely, a civilian pilot, taking off in a Curtiss aircraft from a wooden ramp constructed on the bow of the light cruiser USS Birmingham (CL-2).
Looking for reliable information or news facts about WW2? Do you want to create your own battlefield tour to sights of wars from the past? Or are you interested in war medals and their recipients? TracesOfWar.com tells you more!
More information
© STIWOT, 1999-2025. All rights reserved. Privacy statement, cookies, disclaimer and copyright