Derivatives / Succeeded by 1951 La Fayette class Specifications 1550crew 11000light (tn) 15100full load (tn) 190length (m) 21.80beam (m) 7.90draught (m) 12500range (nm) 31.50max speed (knots) Aircraft Typical Max Spanish Navy Sikorsky S-61 H-3 04 Spanish Navy Sikorsky S-55 H-19 04 Spanish Navy Bell AH-1G Cobra 04 Spanish Navy Agusta AB204 04 Spanish Navy Agusta AB212 04 Shipyards New York Shipbuilding - 3 List of Ships Filter: AllES - Spanish Navy .......... 1FR - French Navy .......... 2US - US Navy .......... 3 Hide Transfers Hide derivatives 19431947US NavyCVL-24USS Belleau WoodNFGN19531960 La Fayette class French Navy R97 Bois Belleau 19431951US NavyCVL-27USS Langley19511963 La Fayette class French Navy R96 La Fayette 19431955US NavyCVL-28USS CabotNFDY19671989 Spanish Navy R-01 Dedalo 3 units Events 1941-aug-11Laid downLaid down CVL-24 USS Belleau Wood as Cleveland class cruiser, USS New Haven 1942-marOrderedOrdered CVL-28 USS Cabot 1942-mar-16Laid downLaid down CVL-28 USS Cabot 1942-apr-11Laid downLaid down CVL-27 USS Langley Yard No 443 1942-dec-06LaunchedLaunched CVL-24 USS Belleau Wood 1943-mar-31CommissionedCommissioned CVL-24 USS Belleau Wood 1943-apr-04LaunchedLaunched CVL-28 USS Cabot 1943-may-22LaunchedLaunched CVL-27 USS Langley 1943-jul-24CommissionedCommissioned CVL-28 USS Cabot 1943-aug-31CommissionedCommissioned CVL-27 USS Langley 1947-jan-13DecommissionedDecommissioned CVL-24 USS Belleau Wood at Alameda NAS 1951-may CVL-27 USS Langley To France as La Fayette 1955-jan-21DecommissionedDecommissioned CVL-28 USS Cabot 1959-may-15 CVL-28 USS Cabot re-designated AVT-3 as an Aviation Transport 1967CommissionedCommissioned R-01 Dedalo 1967-aug-30Fate: transferedFate: transfered CVL-28 USS Cabot Loaned to Spanish Navy 1969-octDeploymentDeployment R-01 Dedalo Exercise Emanuel Faron IV, western Mediterranean, off Barcelona 1972-nov-08 R-01 Dedalo Sold to Spain after loan period 1977-octDeploymentDeployment R-01 Dedalo Exercise Sea Canaries, in eastern Atlantic, off Canary Islands 1978-aug-09DeploymentDeployment R-01 Dedalo anti-submarine exercises in western Mediterranean, off Cartagena, with SNS Baleares, SNS Extremadura, SNS Lepanto and SNS Roger de Lauria. 1989StruckStruck R-01 Dedalo 1989-augDecommissionedDecommissioned R-01 Dedalo 2002Fate: scrappedFate: scrapped R-01 Dedalo In the US after failed preservation attempt