<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Essex_(CV-9)" id="mw3A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="USS Essex (CV-9)">USS <i id="mw3Q">Essex</i></a>, first aircraft carrier of a 24-ship class, is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_commissioning" id="mw3g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ship commissioning">commissioned.</a><sup about="#mwt90" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-15"}}' id="cite_ref-15" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_31#cite_note-15" id="mw3w" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 15;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw4A">[15]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-15"><cite about="#mwt87" class="citation web cs1" id="mwB98"><a class="external text" href="https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/e/essex-iv.html" id="mwB-A" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Essex IV (CV-9)"</a>. <i id="mwB-E">NHHC</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB-I">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB-M">2020-12-26</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt87" class="Z3988" id="mwB-Q" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=NHHC&amp;rft.atitle=Essex+IV+%28CV-9%29&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.history.navy.mil%2Fcontent%2Fhistory%2Fnhhc%2Fresearch%2Fhistories%2Fship-histories%2Fdanfs%2Fe%2Fessex-iv.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+31"></span></span>