<div id="metaslider-id-3609" style="max-width: 750px;" class="ml-slider-3-101-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-3609 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-default" role="region" aria-label="Advertisers" data-height="500" data-width="750">
 <div id="metaslider_container_3609">
 <div id="metaslider_3609" class="flexslider">
 <ul class='slides'>
 <li style="display: block; width: 100%;" class="slide-11695 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2016-08-03 00:11:16"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lindascafelpcity/" target="_blank" aria-label="View Slide Details" class="metaslider_image_link"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Lindas-On-The-Go-side-604x403.jpg" height="500" width="750" alt="" class="slider-3609 slide-11695 msDefaultImage" /></a><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">It is the only time in U.S. Navy history (and probably U.S. military history) that an aviator was buried in his aircraft after being killed in action.</div></div></li>
 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-1464 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2011-04-03 01:26:27"><a href="http://allpawnandguns.com/" target="_blank" aria-label="View Slide Details" class="metaslider_image_link"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/All-Pawn-March-2011-Ches-750x500.jpg" height="500" width="750" alt="" class="slider-3609 slide-1464 msDefaultImage" /></a><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">It is the only time in U.S. Navy history (and probably U.S. military history) that an aviator was buried in his aircraft after being killed in action.</div></div></li>
 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-15651 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2019-05-28 19:45:10"><a href="https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B07S8F7WF6&;preview=newtab&;linkCode=kpe&;ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_NqC7CbPH5FBPA&;tag=stmarystodaonlin" target="_blank" aria-label="View Slide Details" class="metaslider_image_link"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/MurderUSA_AUDIO-750x500.jpg" height="500" width="750" alt="" class="slider-3609 slide-15651 msDefaultImage" title="boy screams opening the mouth" /></a></li>
 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-16578 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2021-05-07 14:29:41"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Buzzs-Marina-2019-750x500.jpg" height="500" width="750" alt="" class="slider-3609 slide-16578 msDefaultImage" title="Buzzs Marina 2019" /></li>
 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-16742 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2021-10-24 22:51:01"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lindascafelpcity" target="_blank" aria-label="View Slide Details" class="metaslider_image_link"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Lindas-Cafe-Now-Open-at-new-location-750x500.jpg" height="500" width="750" alt="" class="slider-3609 slide-16742 msDefaultImage" title="Lindas Cafe Now Open at new location" /></a><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption"><div>Linda's Cafe new location now open</div></div></div></li>
 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-16901 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2022-01-15 22:19:57"><a href="http://floridafishingkayaks.com/" target="_blank" aria-label="View Slide Details" class="metaslider_image_link"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Wavewalk-Kayaks-1-750x500.jpg" height="500" width="750" alt="" class="slider-3609 slide-16901 msDefaultImage" title="Wavewalk Kayaks" /></a></li>
 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-17596 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2023-08-11 22:30:44"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Press-pass-OConnor-email-750x500.jpg" height="500" width="750" alt="" class="slider-3609 slide-17596 msDefaultImage" title="Press pass O&#039;Connor email" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption"><div>WHISTLE BLOWERS WANTED</div></div></div></li>
 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-17916 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2024-08-03 21:43:22"><a href="https://www.huntplumbingheatingandairconditioning.com/" target="_blank" aria-label="View Slide Details" class="metaslider_image_link"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/HUNT-Plumbing-Heating-and-Air-Conditioning-750x500.jpg" height="500" width="750" alt="" class="slider-3609 slide-17916 msDefaultImage" title="HUNT Plumbing Heating and Air Conditioning" /></a><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption"><div>Click to website for Special Offers</div></div></div></li>
 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-28836 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2024-11-06 20:52:51"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D17J3VS7?binding=kindle_edition&;ref_=dbs_s_ks_series_rwt_tkin&;qid=1730944414&;sr=1-2" target="_blank" aria-label="View Slide Details" class="metaslider_image_link"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/32-Book-Series-THE-CHESAPEAKE-TODAY--381x254.png" height="500" width="750" alt="" class="slider-3609 slide-28836 msDefaultImage" title="32 Book Series THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY" /></a></li>
 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-28898 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2025-05-12 08:27:53"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/FITZIES-IS-BACK-FOR-2025-556x370.jpg" height="500" width="750" alt="" class="slider-3609 slide-28898 msDefaultImage" title="FITZIES IS BACK FOR 2025" /></li>
 </ul>
 </div>
 
 </div>
</div>
<p><iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/205641040?title=0&;amp;byline=0" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<h2><a href="http://www.loyceedeen.org/"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 18pt;">In Memory of Loyce Edward Deen and all those who served about the USS Essex</span></a></h2>
<p>Lo<span style="font-size: 12pt;">yce Edward Deen, an Aviation Machinist Mate 2nd Class, USNR, was a gunner on a TBM Avenger. On November 5, 1944, Deen&#8217;s squadron participated in a raid on Manila where his plane was hit multiple times by anti-aircraft fire while attacking a Japanese cruiser. Deen was killed. The Avenger&#8217;s pilot, Lt Robert Cosgrove, managed to return to his carrier, the <i>USS Essex</i>. Both Deen and the plane had been shot up so badly that it was decided to leave him in the plane. Deen had been decapitated. It is the only time in U.S. Navy history (and probably U.S. military history) that an aviator was buried in his aircraft after being killed in action.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Essex is one of five ships in U. S. Naval history to carry the name. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The aircraft carrier Essex was decommissioned in 1969 after serving in the Apollo recovery efforts and sold for scrap in 1973. </span></p>
<p> ;</p>
<ul>
<li>USS <i>Essex</i> (1799) was a 32-gun sailing frigate launched in 1799 and captured in 1814
<ul>
<li><i>Essex Junior</i> was a British whaler captured by <i>Essex</i> and put into service until recaptured in 1814</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>USS <i>Essex</i> (1856) was an ironclad steamer during the American Civil War and sold in 1865</li>
<li>USS <i>Essex</i> (1874) was a wooden screw steamer launched in 1876 and sold in 1930</li>
<li>USS <i>Essex</i> (CV-9) was an <i>Essex</i>-class aircraft carrier commissioned in 1942 and served through World War II, the Korean War, and Apollo 7 before being decommissioned in 1969</li>
<li>USS <i>Essex</i> (LHD-2) is a <i>Wasp</i>-class amphibious assault ship commissioned in 1992 and currently in active service</li>
</ul>
<figure id="attachment_12602" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-12602" style="width: 1024px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//2017/02/24/in-memory-of-loyce-edward-deen-and-all-those-who-served-about-the-uss-essex/uss-essex-cva-9/" rel="attachment wp-att-12602"><img class="size-large wp-image-12602" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2017/02/USS_Essex-CV-9-_January_1960-The-modernized-Essex-with-an-angled-flight-deck-seen-in-heavy-seas-in-1960.-1024x797.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="797" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-12602" class="wp-caption-text">USS Essex takes spray over the bow while steaming in heavy seas, 12 January 1960. Note S2F type airplane at the rear of the flight deck, with its engines turning. Other planes visible, amidships, include AD and F4D types. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.</figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The U.S. Na</span>v<span style="font-size: 12pt;">y aircraft carrier USS <i>Essex</i> (CVA-9) takes spray over the bow while steaming in heavy seas. <i>Essex</i>, with assigned Carrier Air Group 10 (CVG-10), was deployed to the Mediterranean Sea from 7 August 1959 to 26 February 1960. A Grumman TF-1 <i>Trader</i> COD plane is readied for launch from the angled flight deck. Several Douglas AD-6 and AD-5W <i>Skyraider</i> and Douglas F4D-1 <i>Skyray</i>s are parked behind the island. An AD-5 (BuNo 132463) assigned to United States Fleet Activities Naples, Italy, is parked on the elevator.</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_12601" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-12601" style="width: 793px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//2017/02/24/in-memory-of-loyce-edward-deen-and-all-those-who-served-about-the-uss-essex/uss-essex-cruiser-photograph-1890-detroit-publishing-co/" rel="attachment wp-att-12601"><img class="size-full wp-image-12601" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2017/02/USS-Essex-Cruiser-photograph-1890-Detroit-Publishing-Co..jpg" alt="" width="793" height="498" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-12601" class="wp-caption-text">USS Essex &#8211; Cruiser photograph 1890 Detroit Publishing Co.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_12600" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-12600" style="width: 1024px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//2017/02/24/in-memory-of-loyce-edward-deen-and-all-those-who-served-about-the-uss-essex/uss-essex-an-ironclad-photographed-at-baton-rogue-louisiana-during-civil-war-photographed-by-mcpherson-oliver/" rel="attachment wp-att-12600"><img class="size-large wp-image-12600" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2017/02/USS-Essex-an-Ironclad-photographed-at-Baton-Rogue-Louisiana-during-Civil-War-photographed-by-McPherson-Oliver.-1024x636.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="636" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-12600" class="wp-caption-text">USS Essex an Ironclad photographed at Baton Rouge Louisiana during Civil War photographed by McPherson &; Oliver.</figcaption></figure>