Cabot

Name:
Wilmington
Cabot (June 23, 1942)
Dédalo (Aug. 1967)
Type:
Light Cruiser (Laid down as)
Aircraft Carrier

Class:
Cleveland (As originally ordered)

Independence (As completed)
(Class Overview)
Hull Number:
CL-79
CV-28 (June 2, 1942)
CVL-28 (July 15, 1943)
AVT-3 (May 15, 1959)
PH-01 (August 30, 1967 Spain)
PA-01 (September 28, 1976 Spain)
R-01 (1980 Spain)

Built By:
New York Shipbuilding Corp.
Camden, New Jersey

Awarded:
September 9, 1940
June 2, 1942 (Reordered as carrier)
Keel Laid Down:
March 16, 1942 (as Wilmington)
Launched:
April 4, 1943
Christened by Mrs. Bess Berdine Read, daughter of Rear Admiral Albert C. Read
Commissioned:
July 24, 1943
August 30, 1967 (Spanish Navy)
Decommissioned:
January 21, 1955 (USN)
Stricken:
August 1, 1972
August 5, 1989 (Spanish Navy)
Fate:
1972 Sold for scrap but, scrapping delayed.
2000-2002 scrapped in Brownsville, Texas.
Dimensions are general for class
Length:
622' 6" OA
Beam:
71' 6"
109' 2"(Flight deck)

Draft:
26'
Displacement:
11,000 Standard
4,800 DWT
15,800 Full

Engines:
4 x Geared Steam Turbines
SHP:
100,000
Boilers:
4 x Babcock & Wilcox
Screws:
4
Speed:
31.6 knots
Range:
12,500 NM @ 15 knots
Crew:
1,560

Armament (As completed)
8 x 40mm/56 (in 2 quad mounts, 1 fore, 1 aft)
18 x 40mm/56 (In 9 twin mounts, 5 port, 4 starboard)
16 x 20mm/70 (In single mounts)

45 aircraft

Combat Victories
Date
Name
Type
Tons
Nationality
Notes
April 7, 1945
Yamato
Battleship
72,800
Assisted

Commanders
July 24, 1943
May 5, 1944
Capt. Malcolm F. Schoeffel
May 5, 1944
Feb. 6, 1945
Capt. Stanley J. Michael
Feb. 6, 1945
Dec. 1945
Capt. Walton W. Smith

Battle Stars
Jan. 24, 1944
Marshall Islands Operation: Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls
Feb. 16, 1944
Asiatic-Pacific raids: Truk attack
Apr. 21, 1944
Hollandia Operation: Aitape-Humboldt Bay-Tanahmerah Bay
June 19, 1944
Marianas Operation: Battle of Philippine Sea
Sept. 6, 1944
Western Caroline Islands: Capture and occupation of south Palau Islands
Oct. 10, 1944
Leyte Operation: 3rd Fleet supporting operations Okinawa attack
Jan. 3, 1945
Luzon Operation: 3rd Fleet supporting operations-Formosa attacks
Feb. 15, 1945
Iwo Jima Operation: 5th Fleet raids against Honshu and Nansel Shoto
Mar. 17, 1945
Okinawa Operation: Raids in support of Okinawa Gunto operation

Awards
American Area Campaign Service Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal
World War 2 Victory Medal
Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia Clasp
National Defense Service Medal
Philippine Liberation Campaign Ribbon
Republic of the Philippines Presidential Unit Citation
Presidential Unit Citation

Notes

4,933 Combat sorties flown by air crews.

252 Enemy aircraft downed by air crews.

8 Enemy aircraft downed by ship's guns.

27 Aircraft lost due to enemy action.

39 Aircraft lost operationally.

23 Pilots killed or missing.

82 Crew members killed in action.

Ernie Pyle embarked Feb. 9, 1945 and remained until Feb. 23, 1945.



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