USS Bataan (CVL-29)
USS Bataan preparing for her second Korean War deployment |
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| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Awarded: | 26 December 1940 |
| Builder: | New York Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Laid down: | 31 August 1942 |
| Launched: | 1 August 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 17 November 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 9 April 1954 |
| Struck: | 1 September 1959 |
| Honors and awards: |
6 Battle Stars (World War II), 7 Battle Stars (Korea) |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping in May 1961 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Independence-class aircraft carrier |
| Displacement: | 11,120 light tons, 16,260 full tons |
| Length: | 622.5 ft (189.7 m), 600 ft on waterline |
| Beam: | 109 ft 2 in (33.27 m), 71 ft on waterline |
| Draft: | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Speed: | 32 knots |
| Complement: | 156 officers and 1,372 men |
| Armament: | 26 × Bofors 40 mm guns (2×4, 9×2) 18 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons (18×1) |
USS Bataan (CVL-29/AVT-4), originally planned as USS Buffalo (CL-99) and also classified as CV-29, was an 11,000 ton Independence class light aircraft carrier which was commissioned in the United States Navy during World War II.
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