1943    

US Independence class



Aircraft Carrier

ships





Derivatives / Succeeded by
1951 FR La Fayette class



  Specifications


1550crew
11000light (tn)
15100full load (tn)
190length (m)
21.80beam (m)
7.90draught (m)
12500range (nm)
31.50max speed (knots)

helicopter   Aircraft


Typical Max
ES Spanish Navy Sikorsky S-61 H-3 04
ES Spanish Navy Sikorsky S-55 H-19 04
ES Spanish Navy Bell AH-1G Cobra 04
ES Spanish Navy Agusta AB204 04
ES Spanish Navy Agusta AB212 04






  Shipyards


US New York Shipbuilding - 3



  List of Ships


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19431947USUS NavyCVL-24USS Belleau WoodNFGN
19531960 La Fayette class FR French Navy R97 Bois Belleau
19431951USUS NavyCVL-27USS Langley
19511963 La Fayette class FR French Navy R96 La Fayette
19431955USUS NavyCVL-28USS CabotNFDY
19671989 ES Spanish Navy R-01 Dedalo



3 units



  Events


1941-aug-11Laid downLaid down US CVL-24 USS Belleau Wood as Cleveland class cruiser, USS New Haven
1942-marOrderedOrdered US CVL-28 USS Cabot
1942-mar-16Laid downLaid down US CVL-28 USS Cabot
1942-apr-11Laid downLaid down US CVL-27 USS Langley Yard No 443
1942-dec-06LaunchedLaunched US CVL-24 USS Belleau Wood
1943-mar-31CommissionedCommissioned US CVL-24 USS Belleau Wood
1943-apr-04LaunchedLaunched US CVL-28 USS Cabot
1943-may-22LaunchedLaunched US CVL-27 USS Langley
1943-jul-24CommissionedCommissioned US CVL-28 USS Cabot
1943-aug-31CommissionedCommissioned US CVL-27 USS Langley
1947-jan-13DecommissionedDecommissioned US CVL-24 USS Belleau Wood at Alameda NAS
1951-may US CVL-27 USS Langley To France as La Fayette
1955-jan-21DecommissionedDecommissioned US CVL-28 USS Cabot
1959-may-15 US CVL-28 USS Cabot re-designated AVT-3 as an Aviation Transport
1967CommissionedCommissioned ES R-01 Dedalo
1967-aug-30Fate: transferedFate: transfered US CVL-28 USS Cabot Loaned to Spanish Navy
1969-octDeploymentDeployment ES R-01 Dedalo Exercise Emanuel Faron IV, western Mediterranean, off Barcelona
1972-nov-08 ES R-01 Dedalo Sold to Spain after loan period
1977-octDeploymentDeployment ES R-01 Dedalo Exercise Sea Canaries, in eastern Atlantic, off Canary Islands
1978-aug-09DeploymentDeployment ES R-01 Dedalo anti-submarine exercises in western Mediterranean, off Cartagena, with SNS Baleares, SNS Extremadura, SNS Lepanto and SNS Roger de Lauria.
1989StruckStruck ES R-01 Dedalo
1989-augDecommissionedDecommissioned ES R-01 Dedalo
2002Fate: scrappedFate: scrapped ES R-01 Dedalo In the US after failed preservation attempt









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