USS Long Island (CVE-1)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Long Island.
USS Long Island (CVE-1) (originally AVG-1 and then ACV-1) was lead ship of her class and the first escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was also the second ship to be named after Long Island, New York.
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USS Long Island | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Long Island |
Namesake | Long Island, New York |
Laid down | 7 July 1939 |
Launched | 11 January 1940 |
Commissioned | 2 June 1941 |
Decommissioned | 26 March 1946 |
Stricken | 12 April 1946 |
Fate | Scrapped in Belgium in 1977 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Long Island-class escort carrier |
Displacement | 13,499 long tons (13,716 t) |
Length | 492 ft (150 m) |
Beam | 69 ft 6 in (21.18 m) |
Draft | 25 ft 8 in (7.82 m) |
Installed power | 8,500 hp (6,300 kW) |
Propulsion | diesel, 1 shaft (details) |
Speed | 16.5 kn (19.0 mph; 30.6 km/h) |
Complement | 970 officers and enlisted |
Armament | |
Aircraft carried | 30 |
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