USS Badoeng Strait
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USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier of the United States Navy during the Korean War.
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USS Badoeng Strait off the coast of Korea in 1952 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Badoeng Strait |
Namesake | Battle of Badung Strait |
Builder | Todd-Pacific Shipyards |
Laid down | 18 August 1944 |
Launched | 15 February 1945 |
Commissioned | 14 November 1945 |
Decommissioned | 20 April 1946 |
Nickname(s) | "Bing Ding"[1] |
Recommissioned | 6 January 1947 |
Decommissioned | 17 May 1957 |
Refit | April–September 1953 |
Fate | Sold and scrapped 1972 |
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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She was named after the Badung Strait, located between the Indonesian islands of Bali and Nusa Besar, which was the site of a World War II battle in February 1942, between American–Netherlands and Japanese naval forces.