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USS Remembrance Fleet Aircraft Carrier (1920)
Specifications (Following 1941 refit)
Weight: 43,055 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x General Electric turbo generators
Range: 10,500 nautical miles
Sensors: 1x CXAM-1 early warning radar
Speed: 33.25 knots
Armor:
- Belt: 178mm
- Lower Deck: 32mm
- Sides: 51mm
- Roof: 51mm
Armament:
- 8 x 8 in guns (4x2)
- 12 x 5 in DP guns
- 20 x 28mm AA guns (5x4)
- 32 x 12.7mm AA machine-guns
Aviation Capacity:
- 22 F3A Katzenjammer Fighters
- 36 SBD Dauntless Scout Bombers
- 12 TBD Devastator Torpedo Bombers
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
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USS Remembrance (CV-1) | Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts | August 17th, 1915 | April 1st, 1918 | May 10th, 1920 | Sunk during the Battle of Midway, December 7th, 1941 |
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USS Ranger Fleet Aircraft Carrier (1927)
Specifications (Following 1941 refit)
Weight: 41,400 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x General Electric turbo generators
Range: 9,150 nautical miles
Sensors: 1x CXAM-1 early warning radar
Speed: 33.25 knots
Armor:
- Belt: 214mm
- Lower Deck: 32mm
- Sides: 50mm
- Roof: 50mm
Armament:
- 6 x 8 in guns (3x2)
- 12 x 5 in DP guns
- 20 x 28mm AA guns (5x4)
- 34 x 12.7mm AA machine-guns
Aviation Capacity:
- 22 F3A Katzenjammer Fighters
- 36 SBD Dauntless Scout Bombers
- 12 TBD Devastator Torpedo Bombers
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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USS Ranger (CV-2) | New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey | July 12, 1921 | July 1, 1924 | November 9, 1927 | August 22, 1945 | Sunk during Nuclear Tests in the Pacific in August of 1945. |
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USS Sandwich Islands Fleet Aircraft Carrier (1934)
Specifications (Following 1940 refit)
Weight: 17,577 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 2x Parsons geared steam turbines
Range: 7,000 nautical miles
Speed: 29 knots
Armor:
- Belt: 51mm (aircraft ammunition holds only)
- Deck: 25mm
- Bulkhead: 51mm
Armament:
- 8 x 5 in DP guns
- 32 x 28mm AA guns (8x4)
- 24 x 12.7mm AA machine-guns
Aviation Capacity:
- 12 F3A Katzenjammer Fighters
- 12 F2B Buffalo Fighters
- 35 SB2U Vindicator Scout Bombers
- 2 J2F-1 Duck Seaplanes
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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USS Sandwich Islands (CV-3) | New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey | September 26, 1931 | February 25, 1933 | July 4, 1934 | September 9, 1945 | Sold for scrap, October 1945. |
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Bonhomme Richard class Fleet Aircraft Carrier (1937-1941)
Specifications (As originally completed (Wasp))
Weight: 25,484 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Westinghouse geared steam turbines
Range: 12,000 nautical miles
Sensors: SC early warning radar
Speed: 32.5 knots
Armor:
- Belt: 102mm
- Deck: 32mm
- Bulkhead: 102mm
- Sides: 102mm
- Roof: 51mm
Armament:
- 8 x 5 in DP guns
- 16 x 28mm AA guns (4x4)
- 24 x 12.7mm AA machine-guns
Aviation Capacity:
- 27 F3A Katzenjammer Fighters
- 37 SBD Dauntless Scout Bombers
- 15 TBD Devastator Torpedo Bombers
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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USS Bonhomme Richard (CV-4) | New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey | May 21, 1934 | April 4, 1936 | September 30, 1937 | | Sunk during the Battle of Queen Charlotte Islands, September, 1942. |
USS Enterprise (CV-5) | Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts | July 16, 1934 | October 10, 1936 | May 12, 1938 | November 11, 1949 | Preserved as a Museum Ship in New York City, 1958. |
USS Hornet (CV-6) | New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey | September 4, 1934 | February 14, 1937 | July 22, 1939 | | Sunk by British Aircraft in the South Atlantic, November 1943. |
USS Wasp (CV-8) | New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey | September 25, 1939 | December 14, 1940 | October 20, 1941 | September 19, 1949 | Sold for scrap, April 1958. |
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USS Oriskany Light Fleet Aircraft Carrier (1940)
Specifications (As originally completed)
Weight: 19,100 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 2x Parsons geared steam turbines
Range: 7,500 nautical miles
Sensors: SC early warning radar
Speed: 29.5 knots
Armor:
Armament:
- 8 x 5 in DP guns
- 16 x 28mm AA guns (4x4)
- 24 x 12.7mm AA machine-guns
Aviation Capacity:
- 29 F3A Katzenjammer Fighters
- 30 SBD Dauntless Scout Bombers
- 15 TBD Devastator Torpedo Bombers
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
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USS Oriskany (CV-7) | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts. | April 1, 1936 | April 4, 1939 | April 25, 1940 | Sunk by HMS Tribune in the Labrador Sea, September 1942. |
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Benjamin Franklin class Fleet Aircraft Carrier (1941-1950)
Specifications (As originally completed)
Weight: 34,881 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Westinghouse geared steam turbines
Range: 15,000 nautical miles
Sensors: SK early warning radar, 2x Mk 4 fire control radar
Speed: 32.7 knots
Armor:
- Belt: 102mm
- Deck: 32mm
- Hanger Deck: 54mm
Armament:
- 8 x 5 in DP guns (4x2)
- 4 x 1 in DP guns
- 32 x 40mm AA guns (8x4)
- 46 x 20mm AA guns
Aviation Capacity:
- 36 F3A Katzenjammer Fighters
- 36 SBD Dauntless Scout Bombers
- 18 TBF Avenger Torpedo Bombers
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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USS Benjamin Franklin (CV-9) | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts. | April 28, 1940 | July 31, 1941 | December 31, 1941 | October 9, 1974 | ASW Aircraft Carrier, 1960. Sold scrap, June 1975. |
USS Yorktown (CV-10) | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts. | December 1, 1940 | January 1, 1942 | April 4, 1942 | June, 1973 | ASW Aircraft Carrier, 1957. Preserved as a museum ship in San Francisco, 1973. |
USS Remembrance (CV-11) - ex Intrepid | Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City. | December 1, 1940 | April 21, 1942 | October 16, 1942 | November 1989 | ASW Aircraft Carrier, 1962. Training carrier, 1969. Preserved as a museum ship in Philadelphia, 1990. |
USS Ticonderoga (CV-12) | Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts | September 1, 1941 | September 30, 1942 | February 17, 1943 | February 1976 | Sold for scrap, April 1976. |
USS Valley Forge (CV-22) | Todd Dry Dock & Construction Co, Tacoma, Washington | June 9, 1942 | April 30, 1943 | January 7, 1944 | January 1970 | ASW Aircraft Carrier, 1953. Helicopter Assault Carrier, 1960. Sold for scrap, January 1970. |
USS Lubbock (CV-23) | Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts | June 15, 1942 | August 17, 1943 | February 22, 1944 | April 1974 | ASW Aircraft Carrier, 1961, Sold for scrap, May 1974. |
USS Bunker Hill (CV-24) | Todd Dry Dock & Construction Co, Tacoma, Washington | July 6, 1942 | May 24, 1943 | January 18, 1944 | November 1977. | Aviation Transport, 1959. Sold for scrap, June 1978. |
USS Princeton (CV-25) - ex Hancock | Todd Dry Dock & Construction Co, Tacoma, Washington | August 16, 1942 | October 24, 1943 | April 22, 1944 | July 1982. | ASW Aircraft Carrier, 1969. Sold for scrap, August 1982. |
4 additional ships in the class commissioned after the war;
USS Intrepid (CV-26), USS Saratoga (CV-27) - ex Cabot, USS Randolph (CV-28), USS Mitchell (CV-29). All commissioned between September 1944 and May 1950.
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Pittsburgh class Fleet Aircraft Carrier (1945)
Specifications (As originally completed)
Weight: 59,901 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Westinghouse geared steam turbines
Range: 15,000 nautical miles
Sensors: SK-2, SR-2, SX early warning radar, 2x Mk 19 fire control radar, TDY electronic counter-measures
Speed: 33 knots
Armor:
- Belt: 193mm
- Deck: 32mm
- Hanger Deck: 54mm
- Bulkheads: 160
Armament:
- 14 x 5 in DP guns
- 76 x 40mm AA guns (19x4)
- 28 x 20mm AA guns (14x2)
Aviation Capacity:
- 64 F4U-4 Corsair Fighters
- 4 F4A-5N Wildcat Night Fighters
- 64 SB2C Helldiver Dive Bombers
- 4 F4A-5P Wildcat Recon Planes
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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USS Pittsburgh (CVB-30) - ex Franklin D. Roosevelt | Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City. | August 27, 1943 | January 20, 1945 | July 10, 1945 | May 10, 1996 | Preserved as a museum ship in Los Angeles, March 1997. |
USS Rockall Bank (CVB-31) - ex United States | Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts | December 1, 1943 | April 29, 1945 | October 27, 1945 | October 17, 1977 | Sold for scrap, November 6, 1977. |