Independence class Aircraft Carrier

Derivatives / Succeeded by
1951	La Fayette class

Specifications

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

Aircraft

		Max
Spanish Navy	Sikorsky S-61 H-3	4
Spanish Navy	Sikorsky S-55 H-19	4
Spanish Navy	Bell AH-1G Cobra	4
Spanish Navy	Agusta AB204	4
Spanish Navy	Agusta AB212	4

Shipyards

New York Shipbuilding -

List of Ships

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1943	1947		US Navy	CVL-24	USS Belleau Wood	NFGN
1953	1960	La Fayette class French Navy R97 Bois Belleau
1943	1951		US Navy	CVL-27	USS Langley
1951	1963	La Fayette class French Navy R96 La Fayette
1943	1955		US Navy	CVL-28	USS Cabot	NFDY
1967	1989	Spanish Navy R-01 Dedalo

3 units

Events

1941-aug-11	Laid down	Laid down CVL-24 USS Belleau Wood as Cleveland class cruiser, USS New Haven
1942-mar	Ordered	Ordered CVL-28 USS Cabot
1942-mar-16	Laid down	Laid down CVL-28 USS Cabot
1942-apr-11	Laid down	Laid down CVL-27 USS Langley Yard No 443
1942-dec-06	Launched	Launched CVL-24 USS Belleau Wood
1943-mar-31	Commissioned	Commissioned CVL-24 USS Belleau Wood
1943-apr-04	Launched	Launched CVL-28 USS Cabot
1943-may-22	Launched	Launched CVL-27 USS Langley
1943-jul-24	Commissioned	Commissioned CVL-28 USS Cabot
1943-aug-31	Commissioned	Commissioned CVL-27 USS Langley
1947-jan-13	Decommissioned	Decommissioned CVL-24 USS Belleau Wood at Alameda NAS
1951-may		CVL-27 USS Langley To France as La Fayette
1955-jan-21	Decommissioned	Decommissioned CVL-28 USS Cabot
1959-may-15		CVL-28 USS Cabot re-designated AVT-3 as an Aviation Transport
1967	Commissioned	Commissioned R-01 Dedalo
1967-aug-30	Fate: transfered	Fate: transfered CVL-28 USS Cabot Loaned to Spanish Navy
1969-oct	Deployment	Deployment R-01 Dedalo Exercise Emanuel Faron IV, western Mediterranean, off Barcelona
1972-nov-08		R-01 Dedalo Sold to Spain after loan period
1977-jan-20	Aircraft	Aircraft R-01 Dedalo AB212 ASW Z.18-2 crashed into sea while conducting night operations from ship, near Cabo de Palos.
1977-oct	Deployment	Deployment R-01 Dedalo Exercise Sea Canaries, in eastern Atlantic, off Canary Islands
1978-aug-09	Deployment	Deployment R-01 Dedalo anti-submarine exercises in western Mediterranean, off Cartagena, with SNS Baleares, SNS Extremadura, SNS Lepanto and SNS Roger de Lauria.
1989	Struck	Struck R-01 Dedalo
1989-aug	Decommissioned	Decommissioned R-01 Dedalo
2002	Fate: scrapped	Fate: scrapped R-01 Dedalo In the US after failed preservation attempt

1943

Independence class

Specifications

Aircraft

Shipyards

List of Ships

Events