Below are details on the Essex Class carriers that saw action in World War II. The Essex Class consisted of 26 ships of which 14 saw action.

Saw Action CV-9: Essex (1942-1975) CV-10: Yorktown (1943-1975) CV-11: Intrepid (1943-1982) CV-12: Hornet (1943-1998) CV-13: Franklin (1944-1966) CV-14: Ticonderoga (1944-1974) CV-15: Randolph (1944-1975) CV-16: Lexington (1943-1992) CV-17: Bunker Hill (1943-1973) CV-18: Wasp (1943-1973) CV-19: Hancock (1944-1976) CV-20: Bennington (1944-1993) CV-31: Bon Homme Richard (1944-1992) CV-38: Shangri-La (1944-1988)

Completed but did not see action CV-21: Boxer (1945-1971) CV-36: Antietam (1945-1974) CV-39: Lake Champlain (1945-1970) Completed after the War CV-32: Leyte (1946-1970) CV-33: Kearsarge (1946-1974) CV-34: Oriskany (1950-1994) CV-37: Princeton (1945-1971) CV-40: Tarawa (1945-1968) CV-45: Valley Forge (1946-1971) CV-47: Philippine Sea (1946-1971) Cancelled CV-35: Reprisal (cancelled 1945) CV-46: Iwo Jima (cancelled 1945)

US Fleet Carriers

CARRIER STATS OPERATIONS USS Essex (CV-9)     1942 - 1975 Commissioned: 31 December 1942 Fate: scrapped 1975 Flight deck length (feet): 862 Speed (knots): 32.7 Complement: 2,682 Air group size:91 USS Yorktown (CV-10)     1943 - 1975 Commissioned: 15 April 1943 Fate: Became museum ship in 1975 at Charleston, South Carolina. Flight deck length (feet): 862 Speed (knots): 32.7 Complement: 2,682 Air group size:91 USS Intrepid (CV-11)     1943 - 1974 Commissioned: 11 August 1943 Fate: Decommissioned in March 1974; museum ship at New York, City Flight deck length (feet): 862 Speed (knots): 32.7 Complement: 2,682 Air group size:91 USS Hornet (CV-12)     1943 - 1970 Commissioned: November 1943 Fate: Decommissioned in June 1970; museum ship at Alameda, California Flight deck length (feet): 862 Speed (knots): 32.7 Complement: 2,682 Air group size:91 USS Franklin (CV-13)     1944 - 1966 Commissioned: January 1944 Fate: scrapped 1966 Flight deck length (feet): 862 Speed (knots): 32.7 Complement: 2,682 Air group size:91 USS Ticonderoga (CV-9)     1944 - 1974 Commissioned: May 1944 Fate: Decommissioned in September 1973; scrapped 1974 Flight deck length (feet): 862 Speed (knots): 32.7 Complement: 2,682 Air group size:91 USS Randolph (CV-15)     1944 - 1975 Commissioned: September Fate: Decommissioned in February 1969; scrapped 1975 Flight deck length (feet): 862 Speed (knots): 32.7 Complement: 2,682 Air group size:91 USS Lexington (CV-16)     1943 - 1991 Commissioned: February 1943 Fate: Decommissioned in November 1991; museum ship at Corpus Christi, Texas. Flight deck length (feet): 862 Speed (knots): 32.7 Complement: 2,682 Air group size:91 USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)     1943 - 1973 Commissioned: May 1943 Fate: scrapped 1973 Flight deck length (feet): 862 Speed (knots): 32.7 Complement: 2,682 Air group size:91 USS Wasp (CV-18)     1943 - 1973 Commissioned: November 1943 Fate: Decommissioned in July 1972; scrapped 1973 Flight deck length (feet): 862 Speed (knots): 32.7 Complement: 2,682 Air group size:91 USS Hancock (CV-19)     1944 - 1976 Commissioned: April 1944 Fate: Decommissioned in January 1976; scrapped 1976 Flight deck length (feet): 862 Speed (knots): 32.7 Complement: 2,682 Air group size:91 USS Bennington (CV-20)     1944 - 1995 Commissioned: August 1944 Fate: Decommissioned in January 1970; scrapped 1995 Flight deck length (feet): 862 Speed (knots): 32.7 Complement: 2,682 Air group size:91 USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31)     1944 - 1992 Commissioned: November 1944 Fate: Decommissioned in July 1971; scrapped 1992 Flight deck length (feet): 862 Speed (knots): 32.7 Complement: 2,682 Air group size:91 USS Shangri-La (CV-38)     1944 - 1988 Commissioned: September 1944 Fate: Decommissioned in July 1971; scrapped 1988. Flight deck length (feet): 862 Speed (knots): 32.7 Complement: 2,682 Air group size:91