New Aircraft Carrier USS Essex CV-9 Is Launched

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Synopsis: The USS Essex is the first in the Navy's fleet of new Aircraft Carriers, launched from the Newport News shipbuilding facility with traditional send off of breaking the celebration bottle across the bow of the great new ship...(read more)

Date: 1942
Duration: 00:00:43
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: United States

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New Aircraft Carrier USS Essex CV-9

New Aircraft Carrier USS Essex CV-9 Is Launched

The USS Essex (CV-9), the first in the Navy's fleet of new aircraft carriers is launched at Newport News, Virginia July 31, 1942. Shows traditional ship christening by breaking a bottle of wine against the bow of the ship by Mrs. Artemus L. Gates, wife of Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air.