Keywords: USS Essex leaving SF stern 1944.jpg The U S aircraft carrier USS Essex CV-9 departs Hunter Point Navy Yard San Francisco California USA bound for the Pacific 15 April 1944 Note the small hull number and her newly applied camouflage measure 32 design 6/10D As Essex had just competed her only wartime overhaul she did not receive any additional 40 mm quadruple mounts on the stern or the starboard side U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No 1983 046 010 003 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/common/imagedisplay php irn 31074 reftable ecatalogue refirn 20935 1944-04-15 U S Navy This image is part of an album of photographs collected by Captain Carlos W Wieber during his command of the aircraft carrier Essex CV-9 during 1944-1945 Frame with caption View from starboard quarter as tug helps turn ESSEX for her sortie from San Francisco and her departure from civilization for many months cropped PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Essex CV-9 Camouflage Measure 32 |