USS Lake Champlain (CV-39)
Service
- as Lake Champlain3 June 1945 — 2 May 196691 days of the war
- Name
- USS Lake Champlain
- Pennant / hull number
- CV-39
- Namesake
- Battle of Lake Champlain
- Builder
- Norfolk Navy Yard
- Ordered
- 7 August 1942
- Laid down
- 15 March 1943
- Launched
- 2 November 1944
- Commissioned
- 3 June 1945
- Decommissioned
- 17 February 1947
- Recommissioned
- 19 September 1952
- Struck
- 1 December 1969
- Fate
- Scrapped, 28 April 1972 (1972)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 27,100 long tons (27,535 t)
- Length
- 270.66 m (888 ft) OA
- Beam
- 28.35 m (93 ft)
- Draught
- 8.53 m (28 ft)
- Speed
- 33 knots (61.1 km/h, 38 mph)
- Complement
- 3,448
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
A lake in the State of New York which was the scene of Commodore Thomas McDonough's victory 11 September 1814 over a larger and more heavily armed British squadron in the War of 1812.
The second Lake Champlain (CV-39) was laid down in drydock by the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth Va., 15 March 1943; launched by float 2 November 1944; sponsored 3 June 1945 by Mrs. Warren Austin, wife of Senator Austin of Vermont; and commissioned the same day, Capt. Logan C. Ramsey in command.
After shakedown and visits to New York and Philadelphla, Lake Champlain was assigned to "Magic Carpet" duty, departed Norfolk for England 14 October, and arrived Southhampton the 19th where she embarked veterans and returned them to New York.
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From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, compiled by the Naval History and Heritage Command (Lake Champlain II (CV-39)). A work of the United States Government, in the public domain.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 4 × geared steam turbines
- 4 × shafts
- Power
- 8 × boilers
- 150000 shp
- Armament
- 12 × 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber guns
- 32 × Bofors 40 mm guns
- 46 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
- Armour
- Belt: 4 in
- Hangar deck: 2.5 in
- Deck: 1.5 in
- Conning tower: 1.5 inch
- Aircraft
- 90–100 aircraft
Sister ships
- USS Antietam (CV-36)
- USS Bennington (CV-20)
- USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31)
- USS Boxer (CV-21)
- USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)
- USS Essex (CV-9)
- USS Franklin (CV-13)
- USS Hancock (CV-19)
- USS Hornet (CV-12)
- USS Intrepid (CV-11)
- USS Kearsarge (CV-33)
- USS Lexington (CV-16)
- USS Leyte (CV-32)
- USS Oriskany
- USS Philippine Sea (CV-47)
- USS Princeton (CV-37)
- USS Randolph (CV-15)
- USS Shangri-La
- USS Ticonderoga (CV-14)
- USS Wasp (CV-18)
- USS Yorktown (CV-10)
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Lake Champlain (CV-39) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Service history reproduced verbatim from Lake Champlain II (CV-39) , Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships — public domain, a work of the United States Government.
- Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo USN 1114106 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons