USS Saidor
Commencement Bay-class escort carrier of the US Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Saidor (CVE-117) was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier of the United States Navy.
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USS Saidor (CVE-117) c. 1945 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Saidor |
Namesake | Landing at Saidor |
Builder | Todd Pacific Shipyards |
Laid down | 29 September 1944 |
Launched | 17 March 1945 |
Commissioned | 4 September 1945 |
Decommissioned | 12 September 1947 |
Reclassified |
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Stricken | 1 December 1970 |
Fate | Sold 22 October 1971, and scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Commencement Bay-class escort carrier |
Displacement | 21,397 long tons (21,740 t) |
Length | 557 ft 1 in (169.80 m) loa |
Beam | 75 ft (23 m) |
Draft | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
Installed power | |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
Complement | 1,066 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 33 |
Aviation facilities | 2 × aircraft catapults |
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