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Flight Deck: | |
Call Sign: | NWBD |
Shipyard: | Newport News Shipbuilding |
Events |
History of USS Randolph CV-15 | |||||||||
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1943-may-10 | Laid down | Laid down | |||||||
1944-jun-28 | Launched | Launched | |||||||
1944-oct-09 | Commissioned | Commissioned | |||||||
1955-jun-18 | Refit | Refit NS Norfolk Angled deck conversion, until Jan 1956 | |||||||
1956-oct | Deployment | Deployment US 6th Fleet, operating in Eastern Mediterranean while evacuating US citizens from Alexandria and shadowing the British and French Musketeer operations | |||||||
1961-jul-21 | Deployment | Deployment recovery ship for Mercury 4 spaceflight Liberty Bell 7, in Carribean. | |||||||
1962-feb-20 | Deployment | Deployment primary recovery ship for Mercury 6 spaceflight Friendship 7 | |||||||
1969-feb-13 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned Boston Navy Yard at Boston Navy Yard | |||||||
1973-jun-15 | Struck | Struck | |||||||
1975-may | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped sold for scrapping, in New Jersey |
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Specifications |
Essex (long hull) class | |||
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38000 | full load (tn) | ||
270 | length (m) | ||
28 | beam (m) | ||
9.50 | draught (m) | ||
33 | max speed (knots) |