Keywords: USS Essex CV-9 SCB-27A NAN8-49.jpg The U S aircraft carrier USS Essex CV-9 undergoing the SCB-27A modernization at drydock no 5 of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton Washington USA between February 1949 and January 1951 the photo was taken 22 April 1949 U S Navy Naval Aviation News August 1949 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1940s/1949/Aug49 pdf; Puget Sound NS photo NY8-3354 http //www ussessexcv9 org/images/NARA 2004 jpg 1949-04-22 USN caption bar cropped PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Essex CV-9 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in the 1940s |