USN · CVL
AfloatIndependence-class light carrier, CVL-29, begun as the cruiser Buffalo. She fought at Hollandia, Truk, Saipan and the Philippine Sea in 1944 and with Task Force 58 and the Third Fleet at Okinawa and Japan in 1945. Not the Australian destroyer Bataan.
| Class | Independence class |
|---|---|
| Type | Light carrier (CVL) |
| Hull | CVL-29 |
| Builder | New York Shipbuilding, Camden |
| Launched | 1943-08-01 |
| Commissioned | 1943-11-17 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war. Served in Korea and later as an aircraft transport. Sold for scrap in 1961. Not the Australian destroyer Bataan (I91). |
| Armament (class) | Light carrier converted from a cruiser hull. Flight deck and an island. |
| Command |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
USS Bataan (CVL-29) underway in March 1944. This is the light carrier, not the Australian destroyer HMAS Bataan. U.S. Navy photograph. Wikimedia Commons File:USS Bataan (CVL-29) underway in March 1944.jpg. Public domain.
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Command
Short, William Byfield Jr.Commander in command from 22 March 1946Relieved on 15 November 1946WDDavison, William HallLieutenant Commander in command from 15 November 1946Relieved on 11 February 1947Battle of the Philippine Sea
1944-06-19 · Task Group 58.1; strikes in the Marianas and the battle of 19 and 20 June 1944; not sunk
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · raids in support of Okinawa from 17 March to 30 May 1945; her aircraft helped sink the submarine I-56 on 18 April; not sunk
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