USS Bataan CV-29 / CVL-29 / AVT-4

Type:
Aircraft Carrier (a)
Class:
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.
Notes
(a):
Ordered as the Cleveland Class light cruiser Buffalo CL-99.
(b):
June 2, 1942 reordered as aircraft carrier, renamed Bataan CV-29.
(c):
As completed.


Combat Victories
Date
Name
Type
Tons
Nationality
Notes
April 7, 1945
Yamato
Battleship
72,800
Japan
Assisted
April 18, 1945
I-56
Submarine
3,688
Japan
Assisted


Commanding Officers
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


Battle Stars World War 2
Apr. 21, 1944
Hollandia Operation: Aitape-Humboldt Bay-Tanahmerah Bay
Apr. 29, 1944
Asiatic-Pacific raids: Truk, Satawan, Ponape raid
June 11, 1944
Marianas Operation: Capture and occupation of Saipan
Mar. 17, 1945
Okinawa Operation: Raids in support of Okinawa Gunto operation
July 10, 1945
3rd Fleet operations against Japan
Battle Stars Korea
Dec. 16, 1950
Communist China Aggression 1951
Jan. 25, 1951
First UN Counter Offensive 1951
Apr. 22, 1951
Communist China Spring Offensive 1951
Apr. 30, 1952
Second Korean Winter 1951-1952
May 1, 1952
Korean Defense, Summer-Fall 1952
Feb. 16, 1953
Third Korean Winter 1952-53
May 1, 1953
Korea, Summer-Fall 1953


Awards
American Area Campaign Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal
World War 2 Victory Medal
Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Korean Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation


Builder's Data
Page published Mar. 14, 2006