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The Saipan-class aircraft carriers were a class of two light carriers Saipan (CVL-48) and Wright (CVL-49) built for the United States Navy during World War II. Like the nine Independence-class light carriers, they were based on cruiser hulls. However, they differed from the earlier light carriers in that they were built from the keel up as ...
USS Wright (CVL-49/AVT-7) was a Saipan-class light aircraft carrier of the U.S. Navy, later converted to the command ship CC-2.It is the second ship named "Wright". The first Wright (AV-1) was named for Orville Wright; the second honored both Wright brothers: Orville and Wilbur.
The first USS Saipan (CVL-48/AVT-6/CC-3) was a light aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class of carrier. She was later selected for conversion into a command ship in 1963–1964, but instead of becoming a command ship she was converted to the Major Communications Relay Ship Arlington (AGMR-2) in 1965.
The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the U.S. Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922. The Langley was a converted Proteus-class collier, originally commissioned as USS Jupiter (AC-3). [1]
Birmingham attempts to fight fires aboard Princeton during Battle of Leyte Gulf. Completed in the course of 1943, and coming into service with the first eight of the Essex-class carriers, the nine Independence-class ships made up a vital component of the Fast Carrier Task Force, which carried the Navy's offensive through the central and western Pacific from November 1943 through August 1945.
More aircraft carriers were approved and built, including Ranger, the first class of aircraft carriers in the United States Navy designed and built as aircraft carriers from the keel. The United States declared war on Japan following the attack of December 7, 1941, on Pearl Harbor. The two nations revolutionized naval warfare in the course of ...
Saipan-class aircraft carrier ~ Template:Saipan class aircraft carrier; S. USS Saipan (CVL-48) W. USS Wright (CVL-49) This page was last edited on 29 March 2013 ...
9 of 9 Independence-class light carriers Independence (CVL-22) Princeton, Belleau Wood, Cowpens, Monterey, Langley, Cabot, Bataan; San Jacinto (CVL-30) 2 of 2 Saipan-class light carriers Saipan (CVL-48), Wright (CVL-49) 1 of 4 Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier. USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), launched 21 May 1960; Battleships. 1 of 3 New Mexico-class