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Ticonderoga

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ClassEssex class
TypeAircraft carrier (CV)
HullCV-14
FateAfloat. Not sunk. Survived the war.
Armament (class)Fleet carrier. Flight deck, with the island set aft of amidships.
Command

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.

Ticonderoga
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) underway on 14 July 1944. Public domain.

USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. William Sinton became her captain on 7 February 1945. He stayed in command through the last months of the war and was relieved on 7 May 1946.

On 24 May 1945 Ticonderoga joined the fast carriers. That arrival placed her with the carrier force then committed to Okinawa.

In June her planes struck in support of Okinawa. Those June strikes were the combat work of her time with the fast carriers.

Ticonderoga survived the war. She came through the Okinawa period afloat, and Sinton's command continued aboard her until his relief in May 1946.

Ticonderoga after a suicide plane hit her in January 1945. U.S. Navy combat film, National Archives NPC-8131. Public domain.