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    • CV-15 USS Randolph




    1944 to present    


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    Flight Deck:
    Call Sign: NWBD


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    History of CV-15 USS Randolph

    1943-may-10Laid down
    1944-jun-28Launched
    1944-oct-9Commissioned
    1955-jun-18RefitUSNS Norfolk Angled deck conversion, until Jan 1956
    1956-octDeploymentUS 6th Fleet, operating in Eastern Mediterranean while evacuating US citizens from Alexandria and shadowing the British and French Musketeer operations
    1961-jul-21Deploymentrecovery ship for Mercury 4 spaceflight Liberty Bell 7, in Carribean.
    1962-feb-20Deploymentprimary recovery ship for Mercury 6 spaceflight Friendship 7
    1969-feb-13DecommissionedUSBoston Navy Yard at Boston Navy Yard
    1973-jun-15Struck
    1975-mayFate: scrappedsold for scrapping, in New Jersey

    Specifications

    		    

        from Essex (long hull) class
    38000full load (tn)
    270length (m)
    28beam (m)
    9.50draught (m)
    33max speed (knots)



    Builder

    		    

    US Newport News Shipbuilding,



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