Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War

United States Navy — Aircraft carrier class

Independence-class aircraft carrier

The class in numbers

  • 9 Completed
  • 1 Lost

Design and service

Type
Aircraft carrier
Navy
United States Navy
Built
1941–1943
In commission
1943–1960
Succeeded by
Saipan-class aircraft carrier
Operators
United States
Builders
  • New York Shipbuilding
Subclasses
Cleveland-class cruiser

Class specifications

Figures for the class as designed. Individual vessels varied, sometimes considerably — each vessel page carries its own configurations.

As built
Displacement, full load
11,000 long tons (11,177 t)
Length
189.59 m (622 ft) OA
Speed
31.5 knots (58.3 km/h, 36.2 mph)
Complement
1,461
Main gun
40 mm (1.6 in)
Armament
  • 26 × Bofors 40 mm guns (2 quad, 8 dual, 16 single, 10 Mk 51 directors)

Roster

Vessel Pennant Commissioned Fate
USS Amsterdam (CL-59) CL-59 1943 Target 1951
USS Bataan (CVL-29) CVL-29 1943 Scrapped 1961
USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) CVL-24 1943 Transferred 1960
USS Buffalo (CL-99) CL-99 1943 Scrapped 1961
USS Cabot (CVL-28) CVL-28 1943 Scrapped 2002
USS Cowpens (CVL-25) CVL-25 1943 Scrapped 1960
USS Dayton (CL-78) CL-78 1943 Scrapped 1971
USS Fargo (CL-85) CL-85 1943 Scrapped 1963
USS Huntington (CL-77) CL-77 1943 Scrapped 1960
USS Independence (CVL-22) CVL-22 1943 Target 1951
USS Langley (CVL-27) CVL-27 1943 Scrapped 1963
USS Monterey (CVL-26) CVL-26 1943 Scrapped 1971
USS New Haven (CL-76) CL-76 1943 Transferred 1960
USS Newark (CL-100) CL-100 1943 Scrapped 1971
USS Princeton (CV-23) CV-23 1943 Scuttled 1944
USS Princeton (CVL-23) CVL-23 1943 Scuttled 1944
USS Reprisal (CV-30) CV-30 1943 Scrapped 1971
USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) CVL-30 1943 Scrapped 1971
USS Tallahassee (CL-61) CL-61 1943 Scuttled 1944
USS Wilmington (CL-79) CL-79 1943 Scrapped 2002

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