Essex-class aircraft carrier

15 documented ships 615 equipment entries (total across class) Category: Aircraft Carriers

Documented Sister Ships

29 ent
USS Essex
CV-9
61 ent
USS Essex
CVA-9
29 ent
USS Yorktown
CV-10
37 ent
USS Intrepid
CV-11
29 ent
USS Ticonderoga
CV-14
63 ent
USS Randolph
CV-15
29 ent
USS Lexington
CV-16
29 ent
USS Bunker Hill
CV-17
57 ent
USS Wasp
CV-18
29 ent
USS Bennington
CV-20
59 ent
USS Bon Homme Richard
CV-31
29 ent
USS Shangri La
CV-38
29 ent
USS Lake Champlain
CV-39
77 ent
USS Valley Forge
CV-45
29 ent
USS Philippine Sea
CV-47

Class-Wide Equipment Commonality

Equipment-manufacturer pairs that appear in at least 2 sister-ship manifests of the Essex-class aircraft carrier. This consensus pattern reflects standard machinery installations for the class.

EquipmentManufacturerFound Aboard
BoilersBabcock & Wilcox12 sister ships
Auxiliary Feed Booster PumpsWorthington11 sister ships
Fuel Oil Service PumpsQuimby11 sister ships
Main CondensersWestinghouse11 sister ships
Main Feed PumpsWorthington11 sister ships
CondensersWestinghouse10 sister ships
Diesel Fuel Oil PurifierDeLaval10 sister ships
Diesel Fuel Oil Service PumpsNorthern10 sister ships
Distilling PlantsGriscom Russell10 sister ships
EconomizersFoster Wheeler10 sister ships
Fire & Flushing Pump TurbinesSturtevant10 sister ships
Fire & Flushing PumpsWarren10 sister ships
Fuel Oil HeatersGriscom-Russell10 sister ships
Fuel Oil Service Pump TurbinesTerry10 sister ships
Hp Air CompressorIngersoll-Rand10 sister ships
Hp Air CompressorsIngersoll Rand10 sister ships
Lp Drain PumpsWarren10 sister ships
Main Air EjectorsWestinghouse10 sister ships
Main Circulating Pump TurbinesWestinghouse10 sister ships
Main Circulating PumpsWestinghouse10 sister ships
Main Condensate Pump TurbinesWestinghouse10 sister ships
Main Feed Booster Pump TurbinesSturtevant10 sister ships
Main Feed Booster PumpsWorthington10 sister ships
Main Feed Pump TurbinesSturtevant10 sister ships
Reduction GearsWestinghouse10 sister ships
Air CompressorIngersoll-Rand9 sister ships
Air EjectorsS.H. Wheeler9 sister ships
Leslie RegulatorsLeslie9 sister ships
Refrigeration RrYork9 sister ships

Source: aggregated from 15 sister-ship equipment manifests (BUSHIPS primary records, public litigation document extracts, and Wikipedia/DANFS public records). Individual ship variations may exist. Entries appearing on only 1 sister ship are excluded as not yet class-confirmed.