50 years ago today, on 3 January 1976, Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) museum was opened to the public for the first time.
Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, Mount Pleasant, SC
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83 years ago today, on 1 December 1941, Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Intrepid CV-11 was laid down at Newport News Shipbuilding.
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York, NY
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83 years ago today, on 1 December 1941, Essex-class aircraft carrier Bonhomme Richard was laid down at Newport News Shipbuilding. She was renamed USS Yorktown (CV-10) while still under construction to commemorate the loss of USS Yorktown (CV-5) during the Battle of Midway in June 1942
Museum ship at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, Mount Pleasant, SC
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82 years ago tpday, on 29 November 1943, Essex-class Aircraft Carrier USS Hornet CV-12 was commissioned for the first time with Capt. Miles R. Browning in command.
USS Hornet - Sea, Air and Space Museum, Alameda, CA
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34 years ago today, on 8 November 1991, Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Lexington CV-16 was decommissioned for a second time and struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
USS Lexington Museum on the Bay, Corpus Christi, TX
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82 years ago today, on 27 October 1943, Midway-class aircraft carrier USS Midway CV-41 was laid down at Newport News Shipbuilding
Museum ship in San Diego, CA
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32 years ago today, on 14 October 1992, Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-16) was opened to the public as a museum ship.
USS Lexington Museum on the Bay, Corpus Christi, TX
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15 January 1947, today 71 years ago USS Hornet CV-12 was decommissioned in San Francisco and joined the Pacific Reserve Fleet.
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January 9 1947, 71 years ago today, Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) was decommissioned by her CO Commander Malcolm Clephane Reeves.
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January 5 2004, 14 years ago today, Midway-class aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41) was towed into San Diego Bay. She was moored temporarily at Naval Air Station North Island to take-on restored historical aircraft and will soon be home ported across the bay in San Diego, as the center piece for our nation's biggest museum devoted to carriers and naval aviation. (Wikipedia)
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