Description AWESOME CAST, body /parts metal Detailed. In great shape, Painted 1 : 1250 Scale Diecast /Older cast. (To get the discount). In the closing days of the war, USS Essex (CV-9/CVA-9/CVS-9) took part in the final telling raids against the Japanese home islands (10 July-15 August). Following the surrender, she continued defensive combat air patrols until 3 September when she was ordered to Bremerton, Wash. On 9 January 1947 she was placed out of commission in reserve. Modernization endowed USS Essex (CV-9/CVA-9/CVS-9) with a new flight deck, and a streamlined island superstructure, on 15 January 1951 when recommissioned, Captain A. On 1 December 1953 she started her final tour of the war, sailing the China Sea with the Peace Patrol. In July 1955 USS Essex (CV-9/CVA-9/CVS-9) entered Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for repairs and extensive alterations, including installation of an angled flight deck. Modernization completed, she rejoined the Pacific Fleet in March 1956. In the spring of 1960 she was converted into an ASW Support Carrier and was thereafter homeported at Quonset Point, R. Since that time USS Essex (CV-9/CVA-9/CVS-9) has operated as flagship of Carrier Division 18 and Antisubmarine Carrier Group Three. She conducted rescue and salvage operations off the New Jersey coast for a downed blimp; cruised with midshipmen, and was deployed on NATO and CENTO exercises. In November USS Essex (CV-9/CVA-9/CVS-9) joined the French navy in Operation “Jet Stream” and since that time has continued her widespread activities in protection of freedom and peace.