USS Essex

Template:Italic title prefixed USS Essex may refer to the following ships in American naval service:

• was a 32-gun sailing frigate launched in 1799 and captured in 1814
  • Essex Junior was a British whaler captured by Essex and put into service until recaptured in 1814
• USS Essex (1813) was a planned Java-class frigate burned in the shipyard to prevent her capture during the War of 1812
• was an ironclad steamer during the American Civil War, sold in 1865
• was a wooden screw steamer launched in 1876 and sold in 1930
• was an commissioned in 1942, which served through World War II, the Korean War, and Apollo 7 before being decommissioned in 1969
• is a commissioned in 1992 and currently in active service

Other uses

• , a whaler that a sperm whale sank