INDEPENDENCE CLASS (9 ships)
INDEPENDENCE (ex- Amsterdam,
CL-59)
PRINCENTON (ex- Tallahassee, CL-61)
BATAAN (ex- Buffalo, Aug. 1, 1943)
BELLEAU WOOD (ex- New Haven, Dec.
6, 1942)
CABOT (ex- Wilmington, April 4,
1943)
COWPENS (ex- Huntington, Jan. 17,
1943)
LANGLEY (ex- Crown Point, ex- Fargo,
May 22, 1943)
MONTEREY (ex- Dayton, Feb. 28,
1943)
SAN JACINTO (ex- Reprisal, ex- Newark, Sept. 26, 1943)
Displacement: 11,000 tons (14,300 full load)
Complement: 1,569
Length: 600 ft (w.l.), 618 ft (o.a.)
Beam: 71.5 ft
Draught: 20 ft
Aircraft: 45
Guns:
2 - 5" AA
16 - 40 mm AA Bofors
40 - 20 mm AA Bofors
Armour:
Belt 1,5"- 5"
Main deck 3"
2nd deck 2"
Machinery: Geared turbines. 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 74,600 = 31.5
kts.Boilers: Babcock & Wilcox. |
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LANGLEY survived the war and went on to serve 12 years in the French navy (as the Lafayette R-96). The Langley was returned to the US in 1963 when it was scrapped.
PRINCENTON (Sunk Oct. 24, 1944, Leyte Gulf) |
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No. |
Name |
Builders and Machinery |
Laid down |
Completed |
CVL 22
CVL 23
CVL 24
CVL 25
CVL 26
CVL 27
CVL 28
CVL 29
CVL 30 |
Independence
Princenton
Belleau Wood
Cowpens
Monterey
Cabot
Langley
Bataan
S. Jacinto |
New York S.B. co. |
1/5/41
11/7/41
11/8/41
17/11/41
29/12/41
11/4/42
16/8/42
31/8/42
26/10/42 |
14/1/43
25/2/43
31/3/43
28/5/43
17/6/43
31/8/43
24/7/43
17/11/43
15/12/43 |
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COWPENS |
COWPENS |
COWPENS |
COWPENS |
COWPENS |
COWPENS |
COWPENS |
COWPENS |
BATAAN |
BATAAN |
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SAN JACINTO |
PRINCENTON |
PRINCENTON |
PRINCENTON |
PRINCENTON after 1 500lbs Japs bomb hit, with
CL USS Birmingham |
PRINCENTON, view from USS Lexington |
Damaged heroic PRINCENTON
continue in battle. |
PRINCENTON badly damaged, help from DD USS Irwin |
PRINCENTON, help from
DD USS Morrison |
PRINCENTON, help from Morrison |
PRINCENTON |
PRINCENTON |
PRINCENTON - last moment onboard CVL USS Princenteon |
PRINCENTON, help from CL USS Birmingham |
PRINCENTON |
PRINCENTON |
PRINCENTON |
INDEPENDENCE |
LANGLEY |
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