Construction and Commissioning
Essex was laid down on 28 April 1941 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., and launched on 31 July 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Artemus L. Gates, the wife of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air. She was commissioned on 31 December 1942 with Captain Donald B. Duncan commanding.
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