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USS Bataan CV-29 / CVL-29 / AVT-4 |
Type: |
Aircraft Carrier (a) |
Class: |
Independence (c) |
Builder: |
New York Shipbuilding Corp. Camden, New Jersey |
Hull Number: |
CL-99 (as ordered) CV-29 (June 2, 1942) CVL-29 (July 15, 1943) AVT-4 (May 15, 1959) |
Ordered: |
December 16, 1940 (b) |
Commissioned: |
November 17, 1943 |
Keel Laid: |
August 31, 1942 |
Decommissioned: |
April 9, 1954 |
Launched: |
August 1, 1943 |
Stricken: |
September 1, 1959 |
Fate: |
Sold in May 1961 to Nicola Joffe Corp., Beverly Hills, California and scrapped. |
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Notes |
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(a): |
Ordered as the Cleveland Class light cruiser Buffalo CL-99. |
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(b): |
June 2, 1942 reordered as aircraft carrier, renamed Bataan CV-29. |
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(c): |
As completed. |
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Combat Victories
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Date
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Name
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Type
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Tons
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Nationality
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Notes |
April 7, 1945 |
Yamato |
Battleship |
72,800 |
Japan |
Assisted |
April 18, 1945 |
I-56 |
Submarine |
3,688 |
Japan |
Assisted |
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Commanding Officers |
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Nov. 17, 1943 |
Aug. 26, 1944 |
Capt. V. H. Schaeffer |
Aug. 26, 1944 |
June 5, 1945 |
Capt. J. P. Heath |
June 5, 1945 |
Jan. 1946 |
Capt. W. G. Gilbert |
Jan. 1946 |
Nov. 1946 |
Cmdr. W. B. Short |
Nov. 1946 |
May 11, 1947 |
Cmdr. W. H. Davison |
May 13, 1950 |
Capt. Edgar T. Nesle |
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| Battle Stars World War 2 |
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Apr. 21, 1944 |
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Hollandia Operation: Aitape-Humboldt Bay-Tanahmerah Bay |
Apr. 29, 1944 |
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Asiatic-Pacific raids: Truk, Satawan, Ponape raid |
June 11, 1944 |
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Marianas Operation: Capture and occupation of Saipan |
Mar. 17, 1945 |
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Okinawa Operation: Raids in support of Okinawa Gunto operation |
July 10, 1945 |
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3rd Fleet operations against Japan |
| Battle Stars Korea |
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Dec. 16, 1950 |
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Communist China Aggression 1951 |
Jan. 25, 1951 |
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First UN Counter Offensive 1951 |
Apr. 22, 1951 |
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Communist China Spring Offensive 1951 |
Apr. 30, 1952 |
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Second Korean Winter 1951-1952 |
May 1, 1952 |
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Korean Defense, Summer-Fall 1952 |
Feb. 16, 1953 |
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Third Korean Winter 1952-53 |
May 1, 1953 |
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Korea, Summer-Fall 1953 |
Awards |
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American Area Campaign Medal |
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Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal |
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World War 2 Victory Medal |
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Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) |
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Korean Service Medal |
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United Nations Service Medal |
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National Defense Service Medal |
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Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Mar. 14, 2006 |